Patent ID: 6122173
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
Electronic apparatus comprising:a housing having a first exterior wall with an opening therein through which a modular device having a side may be inwardly inserted, and a second exterior wall transverse to said first exterior wall;a support structure operative to support the inserted modular device in a selectively variable one of (1) a first orientation in which the modular device side is parallel to said second exterior wall, and (2) a second orientation in which the modular device side is transverse to said second exterior wall; anda latch structure, movably carried by said housing and operative in response to the insertion of the modular device through said opening in either of said first and second orientations, for releasably latching the inserted modular device in said housing, said latch structure having a single portion movable relative to said housing to permit removal of the releasably latched modular device in either of said first and second orientations.