Base plate adaptors for accessories
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEric Scott Levine, Matthew B. Rutman, Stuart C. Salter, Ming Hong Choi
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Abstract
An adaptor for an accessory attachment system comprises a body having a first side and a second side opposite of the first side. The first side has a first mounting configuration that is configured to be received within a first pattern of apertures on a base plate. The second side has a second mounting configuration that is different than the first mounting configuration such that an accessory having the second mounting configuration configured to interact with a second pattern of apertures different than the first pattern of apertures can be mounted to the base plate via the body.
Claims20
An accessory attachment system, comprising:
- a base plate including a plurality of apertures:
- and an adaptor to attach an accessory to the base plate, wherein the adaptor comprises a single mounting puck that fits within one aperture of the plurality of apertures, and wherein the single mounting puck has at least one snap-retention feature to fit within the one aperture and a mount interface configured to interact with the accessory.
A method comprising:
- providing a plurality of accessories including at least a first type of accessory and a second type of accessory that is different than the first type of accessory;
- forming a base plate to include a plurality of apertures, wherein at least a first set of apertures of the plurality of apertures provides a first mounting configuration that receives first engagement portions of the first type of accessory mountable on the base plate;
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- forming an adaptor to have a first side with the first mounting configuration and a second side having a second mounting configuration that is different than the first mounting configuration such that the second mounting configuration receives second engagement portions of the second type of accessory mountable to the base plate via the adaptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.