Patent ID: 8398408

Claim:
A docking system for a mobile cart, said docking system comprising: a docking station having a first electrical connector and at least one receiver surface, the docking station adapted for stationary deployment at a premises to provide a docking station location; and a docking head having a second electrical connector and at least one boss surface, the docking head adapted for mobile deployment with the mobile cart, wherein the at least one receiver surface is adapted to interface with the boss surface to guide the docking head into a desired docking orientation with the docking station such that the first electrical connector and second electrical connector mate exclusively through docking movement of the mobile cart relative to the docking station, wherein at least one of the docking station and the docking head include a position locking protuberance and the other one of the docking station and the docking head includes a position locking detent, wherein the position locking protuberance and the position locking detent are disposed to interface when the docking head is disposed in the desired docking orientation and the first electrical connector and second electrical connector are mated to discourage undesired separation of the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector, and wherein the docking head comprises a surface adapted to interface with the position locking protuberance and apply force thereto to work in cooperation with a non-slip structure of the docking station to discourage movement of the docking station during the docking movement of the mobile cart for both docking and undocking.