Enclosure securing apparatus
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsGuy William Gladden, Bryan David Bolich, Renato Ravanello, Kong Wai Ki, Shahane Dhananjay, Kok Mam Lay, Amos Ho Chee Hoong, Daniel Ong Kwang Keen
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Abstract
An enclosure securing apparatus including a handle housing disposed in a cover for an opening in an enclosure; a handle lever pivotably attached to the handle housing, the handle lever having first and second ends; a cam surface disposed at the first end of the handle lever for engagement with a lock housing; and a lock assembly integrated with the enclosure securing apparatus for locking the enclosure.
Claims15
A holding mechanism comprising:
- a lever handle housing for housing a lever handle when said lever handle is in a closed position;
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- a lever arm comprising said lever handle attached to the housing, an end of the lever arm opposite said lever handle extending through a hole in said housing;
- wherein said lever handle housing comprises at least one deflectable wing extending at said hole in said housing;
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- wherein said end of said lever arm comprises at least one protrusion disposed to interfere with said at least one wing such that said lever arm is maintained in an open or closed position by abutments of said at least one protrusion and said at least one wing unless sufficient force is applied to deflect said wing and allow said protrusion to pass by said wing.
A method of selectively securing an access panel comprising:
- providing a lever handle housing for housing a lever handle when said lever handle is in a closed position, said housing being disposed in said access panel and comprising at least one deflectable wing extending at a hole in said housing;
- attaching a lever arm comprising said lever handle to the housing, an end of the lever arm opposite said lever handle extending through said hole in said housing and comprising at least one protrusion disposed to interfere with said at least one wing;
- maintaining said lever arm in an open or closed position by abutments of said at least one protrusion and said at least one wing until sufficient force is applied to deflect said wing and allow said protrusion to pass by said wing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.