Pedestal assembly for computer enclosures

A pedestal assembly for supporting a computer enclosure, the pedestal assembly comprising:

• a chassis mounted to a bottom plate of the computer enclosure, the chassis comprising a top wall underlying the bottom plate of the computer enclosure, the top wall comprising a stop portion depending from a side thereof;
• a gear wheel pivotably mounted to the chassis, the gear wheel comprising a plurality of first teeth extending outwardly from a periphery thereof;
• a coil spring received between the gear wheel and the chassis;
• a pair of supporting members coupled to the chassis, each of the supporting members comprising a rack, and a base cooperative with the chassis supported on a plane to support the computer enclosure thereon, the rack comprising a plurality of second teeth engaging with the first teeth of the gear wheel and a first clasping portion being lockable with the stop portion directly;
• wherein when the first clasping portion of one of the supporting members is locked with the stop portion of the chassis, the coil spring is compressed and the bases of the supporting members are in respective first positions, while when the first clasping portion is unlocked from the stop portion, the coil spring is decompressed and drives the gear wheel to rotate to cause the supporting members to move with the bases of the supporting members moving away from the chassis to respective second positions where the bases extend to outside of the bottom plate of the computer enclosure and the first clasping portion is locked with the chassis and unlockable with the stop portion.

A computer assembly comprising:

• an enclosure defining a bottom plate with long and short dimensions respectively along lengthwise and lateral directions perpendicular to each other;
• a chassis mounted to the bottom plate configured for supporting the enclosure thereon;
• a gear center attached to the chassis, the gear center comprising a plurality of first teeth extending outwardly from a periphery thereof;
• a pair of supporting members coupled to the chassis, each of the supporting members comprising a rack, and a base extending to outside of the chassis in the lateral direction the rack comprising a plurality of second teeth for engaging with the first teeth;
• wherein
• when the gear center respectively engages both said pair of supporting members so as to allow the pair of supporting members to be retracted in an inner position where the supporting members do not extend out of a periphery of the bottom plate, or be extended in an outer position where the supporting members extend out of the periphery of the bottom plate, under a condition that both said gear center and said pair of supporting members are synchronically moveable wit each other, in the outer position the bases of said pair of supporting members extend out of long edges of the bottom plate to increase the short dimension along the lateral direction, and to cooperate with the chassis to stably support the enclosure thereon.