Sliding pivoting storage apparatus
OwnerTy Schmittinventor
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Abstract
An equipment storage apparatus and system includes one or more housing units mounted to a supporting rack structure. The housing units include carrier units which are designed to hold component peripheral units of a centrally located storage system. The carrier units are operable to slide forwardly beyond the housing structure and then pivot to an open position from which access is made available to the rear portion of the carrier from the front of the housing thereby providing frontal access to the cables and connectors located at the rear portion of a peripheral unit.
Claims21
A storage apparatus for use in a computer system comprising:
- a housing structure said housing structure having a front section and a back section;
- a carrier device operatively coupled to said housing structure, said carrier device having a front section and a back section, the back section of said carrier device begin positioned at the back section of said housing structure in a storage position, said carrier device being selectively movable within said housing structure to move the back section of said carrier device to the front section of said housing structure in an access position, whereby the back section of said carrier device is accessible from the front section of the housing structure;
- a boss on the carrier device;
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- an elongated boss guide slot on the housing structure, the slot having an open end and a closed end, the open end slidably receiving the boss in response to the carrier device being moved from the storage position to the access position, the closed end pivotally retaining the boss and permitting a substantial portion of the back section of the carrier device to move to a pivot position away from the front section of the housing.
A storage apparatus for use in a computer system comprising:
- a housing structure, said housing structure having a front section and a back section;
- a carrier device operatively coupled to said housing structure, said carrier device having a front section and a back section, the back section of said carrier device being positioned at the back section of said housing structure in a storage position, said carrier device being selectively movable within said housing structure to move the back section of said carrier device to the front section of said housing structure in an access position, whereby the back section of said carrier device is accessible from the front section of the housing structure;
- carrier guide channels on the carrier device;
- housing guide channels on the housing structure slidably engaged with the carrier guide channels;
- a boss on the carrier device;
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- an elongated boss guide slot on the housing structure, the slot having an open end and a closed end, the open end slidably receiving the boss in response to the carrier device being moved from the storage position to the access position, the closed end pivotally retaining the boss and permitting the housing and guide channels to disengage and permitting a substantial portion of the back side of the carrier device to move to a pivot position away from the front slide of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.