Patent ID: 7753329

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting equipment to a surface, said apparatus comprising: (a) an elongate extender having a first end and a second end; (b) a first mount receivable in said first end and a second mount receivable in said second end, said first mount having a substantially planar first face selectively securable to at least one of said equipment and said surface, said first face capable of a first range of movement when said first mount is received in said first end and when said second mount is received in said second end, said first range of movement including rotation about respective first, second, and third axes where said first axis extends along a longitudinal centerline of said elongate extender throughout said first range of movement, said second axis extends orthogonally through said first face throughout said first range of movement, and said third axis has a fixed diagonal relationship to each of said first and second axes throughout said first range of movement; (c) said second mount having a substantially planar second face selectively securable to at least one of said equipment and said surface, said second face capable of a second range of movement when said first mount is received in said first end and when said second mount is received in said second end, said second range of movement including rotation about respective fourth, fifth, and sixth axes where said fourth axis extends along a longitudinal centerline of said elongate extender throughout said second range of movement, said fifth axis extends orthogonally through said second face throughout said second range of movement, and said sixth axis has a fixed diagonal relationship to each of said fourth and fifth axes throughout said second range of movement; and (d) at least one locking apparatus capable of selectively disabling a respective one of said first range of movement and said second range of movement without restricting the one of said first range of movement and said second range of movement not selectively disabled.