Patent ID: 7380759

Claim:
A base for removably holding a device on a surface, said base comprising: a lower section adapted to be placed on a support surface; an upper section joined to said lower section, said upper section having an arcuate receiving area; a locking arm located proximate said receiving area and movably mounted to said upper section, said locking arm being adapted to securely retain a device within said receiving area in at least two different rotational orientations relative to said receiving area; a spring engaging said locking arm and biasing said locking arm upward through said upper section, said locking arm being depressable downward relative to said upper section to release a device; and a locking tab preventing movement of said locking arm when said locking tab is in a locked position, wherein said locking arm has an elongated portion terminating at a button, said button fitting within a cut-out formed in said upper section, said button extending beyond a perimeter of said upper section.