Patent ID: 9648773
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A carrier for holding a computer drive and lifting a connector end of the computer drive to provide access to a drive connector, the carrier comprising: a frame dimensioned to receive a computer drive and define a computer drive position with respect to a first plane of the frame, the frame having a connector end dimensioned to accommodate a drive connector, and the frame having a first slot towards or in the connector end; a first lever pivotally connected to the frame at a first pivot point and having a first lifting pin distanced a radius from the first pivot point, the first lifting pin, first pivot point, radius, and first slot being dimensioned so that as the first lever pivots from a closed position substantially adjacent to the frame to an open position away from the frame the first lifting pin moves in a first direction through the first slot, a component of the first direction being away from the first plane.