Patent ID: 7731140

Claim:
A quick connect and disconnect device mounting apparatus, comprising: (a) a plurality of different interchangeable male adapter bases, each male adapter base comprising both a symmetrically-shaped base plate and a different one of a plurality of different connector structures; (b) a female receiver comprising a cooperating symmetrically-shaped receptacle that is structured for receiving thereinto and releasably retaining therein the base plate of any one of the plurality of different interchangeable male adapter bases, the symmetrically-shaped receptacle comprising: (1) a relatively fixed retaining lip overhanging a first peripheral portion of the base plate of the male adapter base, and (2) a clamping mechanism comprising a resiliently movable retaining lip overhanging a second peripheral portion of the base plate of the male adapter base, and (3) an integral connector structure; and (c) a precision registration mechanism between the base plate of the male adapter base and the receptacle of the female receiver.