Portable utility container with latch and mount

A universal equipment mounting device, comprising, in combination:

• (a) a portable utility container having a bottom, sides and a top and capable of being locked;
• (b) at least one mount adapted for interlocking with said portable utility container, said at least one mount having a continuously identical cross-section for a predetermined length;
• (c) at least one latch attached to either of said portable utility container and said at least one mount, and adapted to interact with the other of said portable utility container and said at least one mount so as to releasably connect said portable utility container to said at least one mount;
• (d) a downwardly biased spring located about said at least one latch for resiliently urging said at least one
• latch into engagement;
• and,
• further characterized in that one of said portable utility container and said at least one mount contains a male counterpart of a male-female interlock and the other of the said portable utility container and said at least one mount contains a female counterpart of a male-female interlock, said device is adapted such that said portable utility container is slidable onto said at least one mount and is further securable thereto by means of said at least one latch.