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US 5,683,159 AGranted
Hardware mounting rail
OwnerGreg P. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A slide rail for mounting internal devices, such as floppy disks and hard disks inside a computer case. The slide rail includes a biased mounting post which mates with matching mounting holes on opposite sides of the internal device. As the internal device is slid inside the computer case, the biased mounting posts protrude into the mounting holes of the internal device to reversibly affix the internal device to the computer case.
Claims7
A slide rail for mounting internal devices into a case, comprising:
- an elongated body having an inner surface, an outer surface, a head and a tail;
- at least one biased flange attached to the outer surface of said slide rail, wherein said biased flange is in communication with a mounting post;
- a through-hole defining a passageway from said inner surface to said outer surface and positioned to allow said mounting post to travel from said outer surface to said inner surface;
- and
- an opening in the outer surface of said slide rail so that said biased flange rests inside said opening when said biased flange is in a closed position.
2 more elements
A method for mounting an internal device into a computer case, comprising:
- positioning a slide rail against a side of an internal device, wherein said slide rail includes a biased flange in communication with a mounting post;
- and
- inserting said slide rail and said internal device into a slide channel in a computer case, wherein the mounting post on said biased flange engages a mounting hole in the internal device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.