Patent ID: 7399203

Claim:
A base assembly for a meter socket assembly of a meter center including an enclosure having a panel member, said meter socket assembly structured to receive a meter, said base assembly comprising: a base member including a first side, a second side disposed opposite and distal from the first side, a first end and a second end, the first side of said base member being structured to be coupled to said panel member of said enclosure of said meter center; a number of meter jaws disposed on the second side of said base member and being structured to receive said meter of said meter socket assembly; a number of electrical bus members, each of said electrical bus members being coupled to said base member at or about the first side of said base member and being electrically connected to at least one of said meter jaws at or about the second side of said base member, wherein said electrical bus members are coupled to and supported by said base member of said base assembly, without the use of a number of separate fasteners.