Removable mount for mounting an electronic system component on a forklift

A removable mount for mounting an electronic system component to a forklift, the removable mount comprising:

• a first mounting plate having a mounting surface for mounting the electronic system component thereto;
• an inverted J-shaped part comprising a top portion of the first mounting plate, the inverted J-shaped part adapted for being mounted on at least one of an unmodified original equipment manufacture (OEM) carriage of the forklift and an unmodified OEM sideshifter of the forklift;
• a second mounting plate having an alternative mounting surface for mounting the electronic system component thereto, the second mounting plate containing an elongate slot in a major plane of the second mounting plate, the elongate slot configured to accommodate a securing means for securing the second mounting plate to the at least one of the unmodified OEM carriage and the unmodified OEM sideshifter;
• an attaching means to attach the first mounting plate to the second mounting plate after mounting one of the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate upon the at least one of the unmodified OEM carriage and the unmodified OEM sideshifter.

A removable mount for removably mounting an RFID system component on a forklift, the removable mount comprising:

• an original equipment manufacture (OEM) sideshifter of the forklift, the OEM sideshifter having a threaded aperture;
• a threaded bolt;
• a mounting fixture having a mounting surface for mounting the RFID system component thereto;
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• a mounting hole located in the mounting fixture, the mounting hole sized to accommodate an insertion of the threaded bolt for mating the threaded bolt to the threaded aperture of the OEM sideshifter.

A removable mount for removably mounting an electronic system component on a forklift, the removable mount comprising:

• a first mounting plate having a major surface for mounting the electronic system component thereto;
• an inverted J-shaped part comprising a top portion of the first mounting plate, the inverted J-shaped part adapted for mounting the first mounting plate on an upper horizontal lip of at least one of an unmodified original equipment manufacture (OEM) carriage of the forklift and an unmodified OEM sideshifter of the forklift;
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• a J-shaped part comprising a bottom portion of the first mounting plate, the J-shaped part having a first width less than a second width of a notch in a lower horizontal lip of the at least one of an unmodified OEM carriage of the forklift and an unmodified OEM sideshifter of the forklift, the J-shaped part adapted to be inserted through the notch.