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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1992
Dean Ryan, Ventura, CA (US);
Charles R Lewis, Eindhoven, NL;
George R Daniels, Houston, TX (US);
Donald E Moore, Houston, TX (US);
James F Babb, Houston, TX (US);
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A tower unit for a personal computer wherein the tower unit is a generally rectangular box having a generally rectangular interior chassis. The interior chassis includes a first set of interiorly extending mounting flanges and tabs which are positioned and aligned on opposing chassis walls to mount one or more drives at an upwardly facing angle in order to allow the user visual and manual access to the drives for ease of operation. A similar combination of interiorly directed tabs and flanges are formed in the opposing side walls of the frame near the bottom of the tower unit chassis in order to mount a plurality of hard disk drives in horizontal positions. The frame includes a front frame panel which combines with the front bezel to provide a gripping area which cooperates with another gripping area formed in the rear bezel to allow the tower unit to be easily moved about.