Electronic equipment enclosure with support members

A method for supporting a computer having an enclosure including a bottom plate having a lower portion and an upper surface, comprising the steps of providing a support member having two spaced posts each of which has a head formed on a distal end thereof, forming two spaced slots through the bottom plate of the enclosure, forming an enlarged end portion at one end of each of the slots and a reduced end portion at an opposite end of each slot, each enlarged end portion having a dimension greater than the corresponding dimension of each head, and each slot having a dimension less than the corresponding dimension of each head, inserting the heads in the respective enlarged end portions of the slots, rotating the support member to move the heads and the posts of the support member to the reduced end portions of their respective slots to mount the support member to the enclosure, providing first detent means for engaging the heads of the posts and providing second detent means for engaging the support member.

In combination, a computer comprising an enclosure having a bottom plate including a lower portion and an upper surface defining two spaced arcuate keyhole slots each of which has an enlarged end portion and a reduced end portion;

• and a support member comprising a base, one end of which is adapted to engage the surface on which the computer is to be supported, two spaced posts projecting from another end of the base opposite the one end, and a head provided on a terminal end of each post, each enlarged end portion having a dimension greater than the corresponding dimension of each head, and each reduced end portion having a dimension less than the corresponding dimension of each head so that the heads can be inserted in the respective enlarged end portions of the keyhole slots, and the support member rotated, to move the heads and the posts of the support member to the reduced end portion of their respective keyhole slots to mount the support member to the enclosure, first detent means on the bottom plate for engaging the heads of the posts and second detent means on the bottom plate for engaging the support member.