Production equipment support assembly

An equipment mounting assembly for mounting and supporting a fixture, the equipment mounting assembly, comprising:

• a mount support base;
• and
• a retention system operable to selectively and releasably secure a fixture mount to the mount support base, the retention system comprising:
• first and second rails supported by the mount support base, and defining, at least in part, an access opening;
• and
• first and second capture channels defined at least in part by a surface of the mount support base and the first and second rails, respectively,
• wherein the mount support base comprises a recess formed through an upper surface of the mount support base, the recess having a recess surface, and further defining the first and second capture channels, wherein the recess and the first and second capture channels are configured to receive a base plate of the fixture mount, and
• wherein the first and second rails are supported by the mount support base to be above the recess surface, and wherein a portion of the first and second rails extend into the recess to at least partially define the first and second capture channels.

An equipment mounting assembly for mounting and supporting a fixture, the equipment mounting assembly comprising:

• a mount support base;
• a fixture mount comprising a base plate defining a perimeter edge, and a mounting terminus supported by the base plate, the mounting terminus having a coupling interface for facilitating support of the fixture;
• and
• a retention system operable to releasably secure the fixture mount to the mount support base, the retention system comprising:
• a first rail mounted to the mount support base at a first position and orientation;
• a second rail mounted to the mount support base at a second position and orientation, and opposite the first rail;
• a third rail supported by the mount support base and a third capture channel defined at least in part by the mount support base and the third rail, the third rail being offset from the first and second rails
• first and second capture channels defined at least in part by the mount support base and the first and second rails, respectively;
• and
• an access opening defined at least in part by the first, and second, and third rails, the access opening being sized smaller than a perimeter of the base plate of the fixture mount, and operable to receive the base plate of the fixture mount and to facilitate insertion of at least a portion of the base plate of the fixture mount into at least two of the first, second and third capture channels, and capture of the fixture mount by at least two of the first, second and third rails,
• wherein the access opening and the first and second capture channels are operable together, such that the base plate of the fixture mount is removably insertable through the access opening into the first and second capture channels to cause the first and second rails to capture said portion of the base plate to secure the fixture mount to the mount support base.

An equipment mounting assembly for mounting and supporting a fixture, the equipment mounting assembly, comprising:

• a mount support base;
• and
• a retention system operable to selectively and releasably secure a fixture mount to the mount support base opposite one another, the retention system comprising:
• first, second and third rails supported by the mount support base, and defining, at least in part, an access opening, the third rail being offset from the first and second rails;
• and
• first, second and third capture channels defined at least in part by a surface of the mount support base and the first, second and third rails, respectively,
• wherein the access opening is operable to receive a base plate of the fixture mount and to facilitate insertion of at least a portion of the base plate of the fixture mount into at least two of the first, second and third capture channels, and capture of the fixture mount by at least two of the first, second and third rails, the access opening being sized smaller in one dimension, as defined by a distance extending parallel to the first and second rails between respective ends of the first and second rails and an opposing edge of the third rail facing the respective ends of the first and second rails, than a corresponding parallel distance between the third capture channel and at least one of the first or second capture channels.