Patent ID: 8282058

Claim:
A mount for mounting a device on a support structure, the mount comprising: a support structure interface engageable with the support structure, the support structure interface comprising: a base having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and means for engaging the support structure on the first side; and at least a first wall and a second wall opposite and spaced apart from the first wall, the at least first and second walls defining a mounting slot at the second side of the base and having at least an open top, the first wall being disposed between the engagement means and the second wall, the second wall defining a slit providing communication between the mounting slot and an external environment of the mounting slot through the second wall, the slit extending in a longitudinal direction of the mounting slot from a top edge of the second wall adjacent the open top of the mounting slot, wherein the support structure interface defines at least one hole therethrough providing communication into the mounting slot from the second side of the base; and a device interface comprising: at least one male portion receivable into the mounting slot through the open top, the male portion comprising a guide portion for engaging the slit of the mounting slot to guide and locate the male portion in the mounting slot, wherein the male portion has a first end and a second end, and wherein the male portion is receivable into the mounting slot in a first orientation in which the male portion is inserted into the slot first end first, and wherein the male portion is receivable into the mounting slot in a second orientation in which the male portion is inserted into the slot second end first; and at least one connector portion connectable to the device; and means for obstructing the removal of the male portion from the mounting slot, wherein the obstructing means is receivable through the at least one hole in the support structure interface into the mounting slot in a direction that is at least partially transverse to the direction of travel of the male portion in the mounting slot to block the travel of the male portion out of the mounting slot.