Patent ID: 7913786

Claim:
A battery mounting system, comprising: a generally horizontal mounting base, the mounting base including a generally planar top surface; at least two generally horizontal, closed slots formed in the mounting base; a battery tray for containing a battery, the battery tray having a generally horizontal, planar floor, the floor further including an upper surface and an opposing bottom surface, the upper surface of the floor being sized and shaped to receive the battery; and at least two guides protruding from and extending vertically away from the bottom surface of the floor of the battery tray, the at least two guides each being a unitary member and in spacial correspondence with the at least two closed slots, the bottom surface of the floor of the battery tray being selectably facially adjacent to and slidably contacting the top surface of the mounting base such that each one of the at least two guides of the battery tray freely engages a corresponding one of the at least two closed slots of the mounting base, the at least two guides and the at least two closed slots each cooperating to allow slidable, lateral adjustment of the position of the battery tray with respect to the mounting base, the orientation and range of movement of the battery tray with respect to the mounting base being controlled by the dimensions of the at least two closed slots in cooperation with each of the at least two guides located therein, the battery tray remaining unsecured to the mounting base by the guides following the engagement of the guides with the slots.