PEDESTAL FOR A NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL LOAD BOXES

Abstract

A pedestal has two opposite sides on which various charging boxes can be mounted and electrically connected. For example, the pedestal can have the same charging boxes mounted on both sides and be electrically connected to a power system on which the pedestal is placed. Alternatively, two different charging boxes can be mounted on either side. Notably, either or both charging boxes can be easily removed by qualified personnel and replaced with other charging boxes if, for example, the market requiring specific electrical charging has changed or if the population of electric vehicles requiring charging has grown in a new direction.

Description

PEDESTAL FOR A NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL CHARGING BOXES FIELD OF INVENTION The described concept generally relates to pedestals located in power systems and, more particularly, to such a pedestal for which versatile mounting of load boxes is available. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Numerous types of systems are known for charging mobile electric devices, particularly electric vehicles. A typical system includes an electrical power source supplied to the end of a cable that can be connected to a vehicle. However, electric vehicles come in a variety of types and / or brands, and therefore, not all necessarily have the same equipment used to receive the electrical energy for recharging. Since the electric charging market is currently in a state of flux and is therefore experiencing growth in certain brands and is expected to expand to new brands, current installation configurations for systems for charging private electric vehicles are considered undesirable because they can only be used by certain electric vehicles. Improvements would therefore be desirable. Ref. 348347 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION These needs and others are met by embodiments of the invention, which is directed to a pedestal that provides versatile mounting for a number of cargo boxes available thereon. As used herein, the term "a number of" shall broadly refer to any non-zero amount, including an amount of one. In one aspect of the disclosed invention, an improved pedestal is provided having two opposite sides to which a plurality of charging boxes can be mounted and electrically connected. For example, the pedestal can have the same charging boxes mounted on both sides and electrically connected to a power system upon which the pedestal is placed. Alternatively, two different charging boxes can be mounted on both sides. Notably, either or both of the charging boxes can be easily removed by appropriate personnel and replaced with other charging boxes if, for example, the market for specific electric charging needs has changed or if the population of electric vehicles requiring electric charging has grown in a new direction, for example. In another aspect of the disclosed invention, the pedestal is mounted on a support typically formed of concrete poured in place over a power system located underground. The pedestal has a base secured to the support with a number of threaded fasteners. The base of the pedestal is advantageously configured such that all connections to the number of threaded fasteners and the threaded fasteners themselves that connect to the support are internal to the pedestal, which is desirable both from a visual aspect and as a way of preventing undesirable access to such threaded fasteners. As one aspect of the disclosed and claimed concept, an improved pedestal is structured to have mounted thereon and connect a number of electrical service conductors to a number of load boxes. The pedestal may generally be stated to include a body which may generally be stated to include a head having an interior which is structured to locate a plurality of electrical service conductors therein, the head may generally be stated to include a box in which the interior is located, the box having a side and further having an opening formed in the side, the box further having a plurality of first holes formed therein, the head may generally be stated to further include a plate having a plurality of second holes formed therein adjacent a perimeter of the plate, the plate being received over the opening,at least one subset of the plurality of second holes being aligned with at least one subset of the plurality of first holes when the plate is received over the opening, and the head has a plurality of additional holes formed in at least one of the box plate, at least one subset of the plurality of additional holes being structured to have at least a subset of the number of loading boxes mounted thereon,and at least one further subset of the plurality of further ports being structured to have mounted to it at least one further subset of the number of cargo boxes when at least one of i) the at least one subset of the number of cargo boxes has been removed from the at least one subset of the plurality of further ports and the at least one further subset of the number of cargo boxes is alternatively received in at least a portion of the at least one subset of the plurality of further ports, and ii) the at least one further subset of the plurality of further ports additionally receives therein the at least one further subset of the number of cargo boxes. As another aspect of the disclosed and claimed concept, an improved method includes mounting on a pedestal a number of charging boxes, the pedestal having a body having a head, the head having an interior having located therein a number of electrical service conductors, the head further having a box in which the interior is located, the box having a side and further having an opening formed in the side, the box further having a plurality of first holes formed therein, the head further having a plate having a plurality of second holes formed therein adjacent a perimeter of the plate, at least a subset of the plurality of second holes being aligned with at least a subset of the plurality of first holes when the plate is received over the opening, the head having a plurality of additional holes formed in at least one of the plate and the box.It may be generally stated that the method includes mounting at least a subset of the number of cargo boxes to at least a subset of the plurality of further openings, receiving the plate over the opening, mounting at least another subset of the number of cargo boxes to at least another subset of the plurality of further openings by at least one of: ii) removing the at least one subset of the number of cargo boxes from the at least one subset of the plurality of further openings and alternatively receiving at least another subset of the number of cargo boxes in at least a portion of the at least one subset of the plurality of openings, and ii) further receiving the at least another subset of the number of cargo boxes in at least another subset of the plurality of further openings. While it is noted that mounting of the at least one subset of the number of cargo boxes occurs to at least one subset of the plurality of additional holes, and alternate receiving of the at least one other subset of the number of cargo boxes occurs at at least a portion of the at least one subset of the plurality of additional holes, it is noted that all of the additional holes may be used in installing both cargo boxes without departing from the inventive concepts presented herein. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES A better understanding of the concept described can be achieved from the following description when read in conjunction with the attached figures, in which: Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of a partially disassembled improved pedestal with two different cargo boxes exploded away from the pedestal and prior to installation thereon; Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, except that the partially disassembled view of the pedestal and exploded cargo box pair is shown from an opposite side; Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, except that one of the cargo boxes is shown installed on the pedestal while the other cargo box remains in exploded form; Figure 4 is a view of a bolt receptacle which can be mounted over holes adjacent to the pedestal formed therein and which is threadably cooperable with threaded fasteners, such as bolts which are used to assemble portions of the pedestal and to mount cargo boxes on the pedestal; Figure 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of one side of the pedestal shown in Figure 2 and having a plurality of the bolt receptacles of Figure 4 shown in an exploded condition removed from the pedestal; Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3 except that it shows one pedestal plate installed over an upper opening of the pedestal while the other cargo box remains in exploded form; Figure 7A is a perspective view from a different angle showing the pedestal having both charging boxes installed thereon; Figure 7B is another perspective view from a different angle showing the pedestal having both charging boxes installed on it; Figures 8A-8D are perspective views similar to the assembled pedestal and pair of cargo boxes of Figures 7A and 7B, except that each has a pair of cargo boxes that are at least slightly different than the pair shown in Figures 7A and 7B; Figure 9 is a perspective view illustrating the cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi pedestal base being mounted on a concrete support which is situated on the ground; Figure 10 is taken from a view similar to Figure 9, but depicts the support and a pedestal base plate before completion of installation of the pedestal onto the support; Figure 11 is a top plan view of the support without the pedestal located on it; Figure 12 is a sectional view taken along line 12 - 12 of Figure 11; Figure 13 is a view similar to Figure 10, except that it represents the quantities of an assembly step of mounting the pedestal base plate to the support; Figure 14 is a top plan view of the bracket with the pedestal base plate installed thereon; and Figure 15 is a view similar to the image in Figure 13, except that it depicts the pedestal base being installed upon the pedestal base plate and upon the support and the installation of a base access cover over a lower opening in the pedestal. Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the description. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An improved pedestal 3 in accordance with the concept described cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi and claimed is generally represented in Figures 1-3 and 6-8, and portions thereof are shown in Figures 3-5 and 9-15. Pedestal 3 may be used to accommodate thereon one or more, i.e., a number of cargo boxes, of which there are a plurality which are different from one another and are shown in Figures 1-3 and 6-7 at numbers 6A and 6B, it being understood that a further cargo box 6C is shown in Figures 8A and 8C being accommodated on pedestal 3 in place of any of cargo boxes 6A and 6B. It is also understood that the cargo boxes may be collectively or individually referred to as 6. It is understood that the pedestal 3 has therein a set of electrical service conductors 8 including a first electrical line 10, a second electrical line 12, a ground conductor 14 and a neutral conductor 16. At least the first and second electrical lines 10 and 12 are electrically connected to a circuit breaker 18 which is remote from the pedestal 3 and which functions to turn off the electrical power being supplied to the pedestal 3 when it is desired to install the load boxes 6 or to replace one of the load boxes 6 with another load box 6. The set of electrical conductors 8 come from a power system 20 which is underground and which has an internal region within which the electrical service conductors 8 extend and are located. As can be understood from Figures 1 and 2, the pedestal 3 can be said to be elongated and includes a header 22 generally at the top, a post 24 generally in the middle, and a base 26 generally at the bottom and is mounted to a support 80 as shown in Figure 9. It should be understood when the pedestal 3 is properly installed as described herein, the post 24 will extend upwardly from the base 26, and the header 22 is generally positioned at the top of the post 24. As will be discussed in greater detail below, the base 26 is mounted on a support device that is installed over the power system and provides access therethrough to provide electrical access between the electrical service conductors 8 that are within the pedestal 3 and the power system 20. The head 22 may be said to include a box 28 having an interior 30, it being understood that electrical service conductors 8 extend through the interior 30. As can be understood from Figure 2, the box 28 has a side 32 within which is formed an upper opening 34. In addition, the side 32 has a number of first holes 36 formed therein. Many if not all of these number of first holes 36 are shown as being generally located adjacent to the upper opening 34, although this need not necessarily be the case. In addition, the head 22 has a plate 38 installable over the side 32 of the box 28 to cover the upper opening 34 below it. In this regard, it can be seen that the plate 38 has a number of second holes 40 formed therein.Many of these second holes 40 are located adjacent to the perimeter of the plate 38, although this again need not necessarily be the box. It is also noted that many of the first holes 36 and the second holes 40 align with each other when the plate 38 is properly located on the side 32 that overlies the upper opening 34, which facilitates the use of fasteners between at least some of the first and second holes 36 and 40, depending on their availability when mounting the desired cargo box 6 on the side 32. As can be seen in Figure 1, the head 22 has another side 42 which is opposite the side 32. The other side 42 has a number of additional holes 44 formed in it. The cargo box 6A includes a bracket 52 and a cargo cover 54, and the cargo box 6A may be mounted to the other side 42 by receiving a number of bolts 64 through holes formed in the bracket 52 and through the additional holes 44 and, by access to the interior 30 through the top opening 34, by receiving a number of washers 66 and a number of nuts 68 onto exposed threaded shanks of the bolts 64 within the interior 30 of the box 28. As can be understood from Figures 7A and 7B, the cargo box 6A further includes a charging cable 53 that extends from the charging cover 54 and, when not in use, is stored in a cable hook 55 that is located on the pedestal 4.The electrical service conductors 8 are electrically connected to the loading cover 54, and the loading cover 54 is mounted on the bracket 52. This results in an installed position of the loading box 6A, as generally shown in Figure 3. As can be further understood from Figures 3 and 5, side 32 of box 28 has a central opening 46 formed therein, and head 22 further includes an inner access cover 48 receivable over the central opening 46. In this regard, box 28 has a number of additional holes 50 formed therein adjacent to the central opening 46, and inner access cover 48 also has a number of holes formed therein which can be fastened together with fasteners such as a number of further bolts 70 received through the holes in the inner access cover 48 and the additional holes 50, and then received in a number of bolt receptacles 72 such as shown in Figures 4 and 5, and which are shown in Figure 5 as exploded away from the central opening 46. In this regard, each of the bolt receptacles 72 shown in Figures 4 and 5 has a clip 74 having a pair of legs 75, with each leg 75 of the clip 74 having a tab 76 located therein. Each tab 76 has a hole 78 cooperating with threads formed therein. In the illustrative embodiment shown, each tab 76 is simply a piece of sheet metal having an unthreaded hole formed therein that each threadably engages the threaded shank of a number of bolts 70 that are rotatably received therein. Thus, the bolt receptacle 72 is functional as a threaded nut, for example, which may be used to mount the interior access cover 48 and plate 38 to the side 32. In the illustrative embodiment shown, the cargo boxes 6 are mounted to the pedestal 3 using conventional nuts and bolts 64, for example, instead of the bolt receptacles 72.In an alternative embodiment, however, the threaded shank of the other bolts 70 may potentially be used to fasten the cargo boxes 6 to the pedestal 3 and may potentially be used for other purposes as needed. These other bolts 70 and these bolt receptacles 72 can be used to mount the plate 38 over the top opening 34 by mounting the bolt receptacles 72 onto the box 28 as needed with the tabs 76 being physically located to surround the first holes 36 and by receiving a number of the other bolts 70 through at least some of the second holes 40 in the plate 38 and through the first holes 36 in the side 32 and thus in this manner the holes cooperating with the cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi threads in the bolt receptacles 72. This secures the plate 38 on the side 32 to overlap and cover the top opening 34. It is this result that is generally represented in Figure 6.As can be further understood from Figure 6, the magazine box 6B includes a bracket 56 that is mounted to the plate 38, a magazine box 58 that is mounted to the bracket 56, and a magazine cover 60 that is mounted to the magazine box 58. In this regard, still other bolts 70 are used to mount the bracket 56 to the plate 38 and possibly also to the box 28 by receiving the appropriate holes formed in the bracket 56, through other second holes 40 formed in the plate 38, and through some of the threaded cooperable holes of the bolt receptacles 72 that were already received in the side 32 and located to overlap some of the first holes 36. As such, some of the second holes 40 are used solely to mount the plate 38 to the box 28 while other second holes are used to mount the bracket 56 to the plate 38. already the box.In the example shown, the embodiment bracket 52 of the charging box 6A includes a total of four holes divided into three holes along the upper edge and one hole in the center of the lower edge, and these four holes cooperate with the bolts 64 which cooperate with the additional holes 42 to mount the bracket 52 and the charging box 6A to the cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi pedestal. 3. It is understood, however, that variations in the possible uses of the various holes and various bolts and threaded receptacles are available and are within the scope of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the various second holes 40 may be used in any manner that varies according to the particular cargo box 6 being installed and the need of that particular cargo box 6 for the use of various mounting holes and threaded fasteners. It should be noted that the installation of at least the charging box 6B additionally utilizes the use of a pair of conduit fittings 62 which, in the illustrative embodiment shown, are of different sizes, and which receive therethrough certain electrical service conductors 8 that extend between the interior 30 of the pedestal 3 and become electrically connected with the charger box 58. Once this is accomplished and the charger cover 60 is installed on the charger box 58, the charging base 6B has been fully installed on the pedestal 3, as generally shown in Figures 7A and 7B. As can be further understood from Figures 7A and 7B, the charging box 6B additionally includes a charging cable 57 that extends from the charging box 58 and, when in use, is stored in a cable hook 59 that is located on the pedestal 4. In this regard, it is noted that other complete installations of the charging boxes 6 on the pedestal 3 are generally shown in Figures 8A-8D. In particular, Figure 8A shows that the charging box 6A has been removed and replaced with the aforementioned alternative charging box 6C. As can be understood from Figure 8A, the charging box 6C additionally includes a charging cable 61 which extends from the charging deck 54 and, when not in use, is stored in a cable hook 63 which is located on the pedestal 4. Figure 8B, on the other hand, shows that the charging box 6A has alternatively been replaced with another copy of the charging box 6B. Figure 8C shows the charging case 6B that has been alternatively replaced with the charging case 6C, and Figure 8D shows that the charging case 6B has been alternatively replaced with another copy of the charging case 6A. Any variation is possible. It is reiterated that the mounting of at least the subset of the number of cargo boxes 6 in the represented example occurs in at least one subset of the plurality of additional holes 44, and the alternative reception of the at least another subset of the number of cargo boxes 6 occurs in at least a part of the at least one subset of the plurality of additional holes, and that all additional holes can be used in the installation of both cargo boxes without departing from the inventive concepts presented in the present description.In this regard, it should be understood that the formation of numerous of the first holes 36, second holes 40, additional holes 50 and the like in the header 22, and the provision of versatile and replaceable bolt receptacles 72 and other threaded bolt receptacles such as nuts, advantageously provide for versatile attachment available and possible of the cargo boxes 6 and other cargo boxes not necessarily shown herein to the pedestal 3 with minimal effort. Installing one of the cargo boxes 6 onto the pedestal 3 will typically involve the use of at least a subset of the aforementioned number of total holes that are formed therein to actually mount the cargo box onto the pedestal 3.Holes not used to actually mount cargo box 6 onto pedestal 3 will, however, be filled with bolts that are secured with bolt receptacles 72 or other thread-cooperating structures that simply allow the bolts to fill the hole that is not significantly used to mount cargo box 6. 0, the hole and bolt receptacle could be used to secure, for example, plate 38 over top opening 34. However, when an initial cargo box 6 is replaced with a subsequent cargo box 6, such changing of the initial cargo box 6 may or may not result in certain of the aforementioned holes that were or were not used in mounting the initial cargo box 6 being changed when the subsequent cargo box 6 is installed. For example, some of the holes that are used to mount the new cargo box 6 could be holes that were also used to mount the previous cargo box 6, while other such holes are no longer used for the new cargo box 6. The resulting versatility of the large number of holes being provided thus enhances the versatility of mounting various cargo boxes 6 to the pedestal 3.Even as a variation, many or all of the holes could be used with all the variable installations of the cargo boxes 6, such as those described herein, with the large number of holes potentially providing a variety that is not used in all installations. Other variations will become apparent. As can be seen in Figure 9, the base 26 of the pedestal 3 is fixed to a support 80 which, in the example provided in the present disclosure, is formed from concrete, although other types of support materials may be employed. As can be understood from Figure 10, the support 80 has located therein a plurality of tubes 82A, 82B, and 82C, which may be collectively or individually referred to herein by the numeral 82. In the illustrative embodiment shown, it can be seen that the first electrical line 10 extends through tube 82A, the second electrical line 12 extends through tube 82B, and the ground conductor 14 and the neutral conductor 16 extend through tube 82C, although other arrangements are possible. As can be understood from Figure 10, the base 26 includes a lower portion of the pedestal 3, which is effectively an extension portion of the post 24, and a base plate 88. The base plate 88 has formed therein an open region 90 which is closely conformed to the arrangement of the tubes 82 and therefore receives the tubes 82 therein when the base plate 88 is received on an upper surface of the support 80. As can be understood from Figure 15, and as will be discussed in greater detail below, the base 26 has a lower opening 84 formed therein which allows access to the base plate 88 when it is received and installed on the support 80, and the base 26 further has a base access cover 86 which can be installed over the lower opening 84. Specifically, the bolt receptacle 72 is functional as a threaded nut, for example, which can be used to mount the base access cover 86. to base 26, as an example. As can be understood from Figure 10, the base plate 88 has a number of threaded studs 92 secured thereto such as by welding, a total of six of the threaded studs 92 in the illustrative embodiment shown, which are enabled to point upwardly and away from the support 80. The base plate 88 also has a number of base plate holes 94 formed therein. As can be further seen in Figure 10, the support 80 itself additionally includes a number of threaded riser studs 96 which, as shown in Figure 12, each have a J-shaped bottom 98 which is received in the concrete of the support 80 and from which the threaded riser studs 96 extend upwardly and into the air. While only two of the rising threaded stem 96 are depicted in Figure 10, it is understood that the bracket 80 includes a total of four of these rising threaded stems 96, as shown in Figure 11.Also shown in Figure 11 are the electrical service conductors 8 extending through the power system 20 and extending out of the tubes 82 as indicated elsewhere in the present description. To mount the base plate 88 to the support 80, the illustrative embodiment of the pedestal 3 uses a set of downward fasteners 100 in the form of bolts each having a threaded bolt shank 102. In this sense, it is understood that the self-tapping bolt shanks 102 are received in a set of receptacles 104 that are formed in the support 80, such as by drilling holes in the support 80 and receiving the receptacles 104 in the holes, which form threads. In this regard, the downward fasteners 100 having threaded bolt shanks 102 that are received in the receptacles 104 and form threads therein could be replaced with fasteners similar cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi to the ascending threaded shanks 96, each with the J-shaped bottom 98, and vice versa. Mounting of base plate 88 onto support 80 using downward fasteners 100 and receptacles 104 is generally shown in Figure 15. As can be further understood from Figure 15, base 26 of pedestal 3 has a number of pedestal base holes 106 which receive therein threaded studs 92 of base plate 88 as well as upward threaded studs 96 of support 80 which are attached to base 26 of pedestal 3 with appropriate washers and nuts. Additionally, it is seen that the base 26 has additional holes 50 formed therein adjacent the lower opening 84, and bolt receptacles 72 are received on the base 26 overlying such holes. It can then be seen that additional bolts 70 are received through holes that are formed adjacent the perimeter of the base access cover 86 and cooperate with the mounting of the base access cover 86 over the lower opening 84, and such installation covers the interior joining structures that are used to mount the base 26 on the support 80, as shown in Figure 9. In forming the junction of the base 26 to the support 80, it is seen that the various joining structures provide various secure connections of the pedestal 3 to the support 80. In particular, the downstream fasteners 100 fasten the base plate 88 to the support 80 and the threaded studs 92 of the base plate 94 fasten the pedestal 3 to the base plate 94 and therefore to the support 80. In addition, the upstream threaded studs 96 extend from the concrete of the support 80 and directly engage the pedestal 3 and thus provide a further physical connection of the pedestal 3 directly to the support 80. This provides a further connection between the pedestal 3 and the support 80 that does not rely upon the base plate 88 as an intermediate member.By covering all of this by receiving the base access cover 86 over the lower opening 84, the result is visually advantageous and resists access to the lower opening 84 and any of the retaining structures contained therein. Other advantages will become apparent. While specific embodiments of the disclosed concept have been described in detail, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and alternatives to those details could be developed in light of the general teachings of the disclosure. Accordingly, the particular arrangements described are intended to be illustrative only and not limiting of the scope of the disclosed concept, which is to be accorded the full breadth of the appended claims and any equivalents thereof. cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi It is noted that in relation to this date, the method known to the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention is the one that is clear from the description of the invention.

Claims

CLAIMS Having been described the invention as above, the property claimed is contained in the following claims:

1. A pedestal structured to be mounted thereon and to connect a number of electrical service conductors to a number of load boxes characterized in that it comprises: a body comprising a head having an interior that is structured to have located therein a plurality of electrical service conductors; the head comprises a box in which the interior is located, the box has a side and further has an opening formed in the side, the box further has a plurality of first holes formed therein;the head further comprises a plate having a plurality of second holes formed therein adjacent a perimeter of the plate, the plate being received over the opening, at least a subset of the plurality of second holes being aligned with at least a subset of the plurality of first holes when the plate is received over the opening;and the head has a plurality of further holes formed in at least one of the plate and the box, at least one subset of the plurality of further holes is structured to have mounted therein at least a subset of the number of charging boxes, and at least another subset of the plurality of further holes are structured to have mounted therein at least another subset of the number of charging boxes when at least one of: the at least subset of the number of charging boxes has been removed from the at least subset of the plurality of further holes and the at least another subset of the number of charging boxes is alternately received in at least a portion of the at least one subset of the plurality of further holes, and the at least another subset of the plurality of further holes further receives therein the at least another subset of the number of charging boxes.; 2. The pedestal according to claim 1, characterized in that at least a portion of the plurality of additional holes are formed in the plate.

3. The pedestal according to claim 1, characterized in that the box comprises another side having formed therein at least a portion of the plurality of additional holes.

4. The pedestal according to claim 1, characterized in that a portion of the plurality of additional holes are formed in the plate, and wherein the box comprises another side having another portion of the plurality of additional holes formed therein. cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi 5. The pedestal according to claim 4, characterized in that the side and the other side are located on a pair of opposite surfaces of the box.

6. The pedestal according to claim 4, characterized in that the portion of the plurality of additional holes that are formed in the plate include both the at least one subset of the plurality of additional holes structured to receive on the plate the at least one subset of the number of cargo boxes as well as the at least one other subset of the plurality of additional holes structured to alternatively receive on the plate the at least one other subset of the number of cargo boxes,and wherein the other portion of the plurality of additional holes that are formed on the other side include both the at least one subset of the plurality of additional holes structured to receive on the other side the at least one subset of the number of cargo boxes as well as the at least one other subset of the plurality of additional holes structured to alternatively receive on the other side the at least one other subset of the number of cargo boxes.

7. The pedestal according to claim 1, characterized in that the plate comprises a plurality of threaded fasteners and a plurality of receptacles, the plurality of receptacles being capable of receiving at least one superimposed and within at least some of at least one of the plurality of first holes, the plurality of second holes, and the plurality of additional holes and being threadably cooperable with the plurality of threaded fasteners.

8. The pedestal according to claim 7, characterized in that at least some of the plurality of receptacles each comprise a tab, the tabs overlapping the head adjacent to at least some of the at least one of the plurality of first holes, the plurality of second holes, and the plurality of additional holes.

9. The pedestal of claim 8, wherein at least some of the plurality of receptacles each further comprise a clip, the tab being located on the clip, the clips being mountable to the head and being structured to retain the tabs overlying the head adjacent to at least some of at least one of the plurality of first holes, the plurality of second holes, and the plurality of further holes.

10. The pedestal according to claim 1, characterized in that the head further comprises an access cover that is mounted over another opening formed in the box, cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi the other opening being one of: separated from the opening, and a portion of the opening that remains uncovered by the plate when the plate is mounted in the box.

11. The pedestal according to claim 1, characterized in that the body further comprises an elongated post, the head being located above the post.

12. The pedestal according to claim 1, characterized in that the body further comprises a base that is structured to be located on another structure, the post being located on the base and extending from the base.

13. A method for mounting on a pedestal a number of charging boxes, the pedestal having a body having a head, the head having an interior having located therein a number of electrical service conductors, the head further having a box in which the interior is located, the box having a side and further having an opening formed in the side, the box further having a plurality of first holes formed therein, the head further having a plate having a plurality of second holes formed therein adjacent a perimeter of the plate, at least a subset of the plurality of second holes being aligned with at least a subset of the plurality of first holes when the plate is received over the opening,The head has a plurality of additional holes formed in at least one of the plate and the box characterized in that it comprises: cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi mounting at least a subset of the number of charging boxes to at least a subset of the plurality of additional holes; receiving the plate over the opening; mounting at least another subset of the number of charging boxes to at least another subset of the plurality of additional holes by at least one of: removing the at least subset of the number of charging boxes from the at least subset of the plurality of additional holes and alternatively receiving the at least another subset of the number of charging boxes in at least a portion of the at least subset of the plurality of additional holes, and further receiving the at least another subset of the number of charging boxes in at least another subset of the plurality of additional holes.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that at least a portion of the plurality of additional holes is formed in the plate, and wherein the method further comprises removing the at least subset of the number of charging boxes from the plate and alternatively receiving the at least another subset of the number of charging boxes on the plate.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the box comprises another side having formed therein at least a portion of the plurality of additional holes, and wherein the method further comprises removing the at least subset of the number of cargo boxes from the other side and alternatively receiving the at least another subset of the number of cargo boxes on the other side.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein a portion of the plurality of additional holes is formed in the plate, and wherein the box comprises another side having formed therein another portion of the plurality of additional holes, and wherein the method further comprises: receiving the at least subset of the number of cargo boxes on one of the plate and the other side; and further receiving the at least another subset of the number of cargo boxes on the other plate and the other side.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the plate includes a plurality of threaded fasteners and a plurality of receptacles, the method further comprising: receiving at least some of the plurality of receptacles at least one of overlapping and within at least some of at least one of the plurality of first holes, the plurality of second holes, and the plurality of further holes; and cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi threadably engaging at least some of the plurality of threaded fasteners with the at least some of the plurality of receptacles.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein at least some of the plurality of receptacles each comprise a tab, and wherein the method further comprises receiving the tabs to overlap the adjacent header the at least some of at least one of the plurality of first holes, the plurality of second holes, and the plurality of additional holes.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein at least some of the plurality of receptacles each further comprise a clip, the tab being located on the clip, and wherein the method further comprises: for at least a subset of the at least some of the plurality of receptacles, mounting the clips on the header; retaining with the clips the tabs in positions overlapping the adjacent header the at least some of at least one of the plurality of first holes, the plurality of second holes, and the plurality of further holes.

20. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the head further comprises an access cover, and wherein the box has another opening formed therein, the other opening being one of those separated from the cnaonn / eznz / e / YiAi opening and a portion of the opening that remains uncovered by the plate when the plate is mounted in the box, and wherein the method further comprises mounting the access cover over the other opening.

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