Snap-in mounting bracket for a computer memory device

The combination of a carrier to be installed in a computer, a computer memory device, and a mounting bracket attached to said computer memory device and including means by which to detachably connect said computer memory device to said carrier,

• said carrier having at least one slot formed therein, said slot having first and opposite ends, and
• said mounting bracket having a body and a first leg depending from said body, said first leg having a first means for releasably engaging said carrier and being movable through the first end of said at least one slot formed in said carrier and into releasable engagement with said carrier, said mounting bracket also having blocking means depending from said body, said blocking means being movable through the opposite end of said at least one slot formed in said carrier at the same time that said first leg is moved through the first end of said slot so as to prevent said leg from being disengaged from said carrier and removed from said slot, said blocking means being pivotally attached to the body of said mounting bracket and adapted to be rotated out of said slot to permit said first leg to be disengaged from said carrier and removed from said slot therein so that the first leg of said mounting bracket can be moved out of said slot and said computer memory device disconnected from said carrier.