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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Porter Rodgers Arbogast, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Arlen L. Roesner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David W. Mayer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Tom J. Searby, Greeley, CO (US);
Clint E. Conrady, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Tillman Frazier Taylor, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A tool-less latch mechanism for attaching a panel to an enclosure for electronic equipment such as a computer. A lever is mounted to a first enclosure component at a pivot point and is operable to move in a pivot plane. A pawl extends from the lever substantially orthogonal to the pivot plane, and an arcuate slot is fixed on a second enclosure component. When the lever pivots from an open to a closed position, engagement of the pawl with a first surface of the slot causes relative movement between the enclosure components in a first longitudinal direction. When the lever pivots from the closed to the open position, engagement of the pawl with a second surface of the slot causes relative movement between the enclosure components in an opposite longitudinal direction.