Patent ID: 8360373

Claim:
A display apparatus for portable GPS units, comprising: a base having a lockable panel that conceals an interior space at least partially defined by the base; a plurality of mounting sleeves coupled to the base; a plurality of mounting posts lockingly engaged with the mounting sleeves in the interior space at least partially defined by the base; a plurality of mounting brackets secured to the plurality of mounting posts, each of the mounting brackets fixedly retaining a respective portable GPS unit of a plurality of portable GPS units so that the respective portable GPS unit is rigidly secured relative to the base; and a power supply unit concealed in the base and having a plurality of power ports shaped to receive automotive accessory power plugs from the plurality of portable GPS units fixedly retained in the mounting brackets; wherein: the base defines a top surface, each mounting sleeve of the plurality of mounting sleeves is hollow, defines an internal cavity, and extends below the top surface of the base into the interior space, each of the plurality of mounting posts is slidably engaged within the cavity of and toollessly removable from a corresponding one of the mounting sleeves coupled to the base, and each of the plurality of mounting posts extends upwardly from the corresponding one of the plurality of mounting sleeves through and upwardly beyond the top surface of the base.