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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Nikolai J. Markovich, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Stephen Finnegan, Franklin, MA (US);
Phillip Lariviere, Woonsocket, RI (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A mounting assembly configured to hold the bottom surface of the computer in a horizontal orientation for use of the computer by an operator and to enable the computer to pivot to a vertical orientation to store the computer in a cabinet. The assembly includes: a cabinet-mounting member having a rear section configured for fastening to the cabinet; and, a manually detachable computer-supporting member. When attached to the cabinet-mounting member, the computer-supporting member is adapted to pivot relative to the mounting member. The cabinet-mounting member has a pair of laterally spaced side arms. The side arms have proximal ends terminating at the rear section and distal ends projecting outwardly from the cabinet-mounting member. The laterally spaced side arms have an inner region disposed there between. A pair of spring-loaded pin assemblies is mounted to the pair of side arms. The pin assemblies are configured to urge a distal end of a pin thereof to project into the inner region and enable the pin to be manually retracted away from the inner region. At least one of such side arms has at the distal end thereof a hook-shaped latch disposed forward of one of the spring-loaded pin assemblies. A rear portion of the computer-supporting member is configured for insertion into the inner region when the pins are in the retracted position. The computer-supporting member also includes a mounting plate configured for attachment to the bottom of the computer. The computer mounting plate is configured to pivot, relative to the cabinet-mounting member, between the horizontal orientation and the vertical orientation. The computer-supporting member has sidewalls which have slots therein adapted to receive the pins when the pins are spring-loaded and project through the slots into the inner region. When the pins are in the slots, the computer-supporting member is thus pivotally attached to the cabinet-supporting member. The sidewalls have posts extending outwardly therefrom. The posts are configured to be lowered onto a trough-like bottom wall of the hook-shaped latch to thereby hold the bottom of the computer in the horizontal orientation. The pins and slots are configured to enable the mounting plate to be manually raised to release the posts from the bottom wall of the hook-shaped. When released, the mounting plate is urged in a forward direction as the post slides in forward in the slot. When the posts are released from the latches, the mounting plate is then pivoted about the pins and the bottom computer-supporting member is lowered to position the computer in the vertical orientation.