From Vision to Implementation: The Illinois Rural Health Initiative (IRHI)

A pedestal assembly for an EAS system comprises an antenna, an electronic assembly, and a support member having at least first and second recesses. The antenna is seated in the first recess and the electronic assembly is seated in the second recess. Bumpers are secured to opposed sides of the support member and a top cap member is applied to the assembled support member and bumpers. Upper ends of front and rear covers are inserted interiorly of the top cap member and thereby retentively circumscribed. Lower ends of the first and second covers are then secured to the support member to complete the pedestal assembly. Field service is facilitated in that all interior components of the pedestal assembly are accessible simply upon unsecuring the lower ends of the covers from the support member and downwardly sliding the covers from the top cap member. The support member comprises a two-layer plastic body, one layer of which defines the first and second recesses. The two-layer plastic body is preferably a thermoformed molded body.