Patent ID: 8056864

Claim:
A second portion of a docking system, comprising: a. a support structure; b. a central concave conical surface depending from said support structure, wherein said central concave conical surface is substantially symmetric with respect to a central axis of said second portion of said docking system; c. a plurality of distal sockets operatively coupled to said support structure, wherein said plurality of distal sockets are distally located around said central axis of said second portion of said docking system, and each distal socket of said plurality of distal sockets is extended in an aft direction from said support structure; and d. a plurality of distal capture mechanisms wherein each of said plurality of distal sockets is operatively associated with a different corresponding said distal capture mechanism of said plurality of distal capture mechanisms, and each said corresponding distal capture mechanism is adapted in cooperation with a corresponding said distal socket to releasably capture a corresponding distal coupling element of a mating first portion of said docking system responsive to an actuation of said distal capture mechanism.