Patent ID: 6590765
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer housing comprising:a casing having a side structure with a first side and a second side, and a front structure spanning across a front portion of the side structure, the front structure having a permanent bay and at least one expansion bay; a shell having a front bezel covering the front structure of the casing and a cover section covering the side structure, the front bezel having a CD ROM opening, a disk drive opening, and an expansion bay aperture; a retractable cover system slidably attached to the casing and/or the front bezel to selectively cover the expansion bay aperture, the cover system including a nub projecting from either the front bezel into the expansion bay aperture or from the side structure into an internal cavity in the casing, a moveable cover having a track to receive the nub and slide along the nub between a first position in which the cover closes the expansion bay aperture and a second position in which the cover is received within one of the casing or the front bezel to open the expansion bay aperture, wherein the cover includes a flexible sheet having a first side edge and a second side edge, and the track comprises an elongated first groove on the first side edge and an elongated second groove on the second side edge, the first nub being received in the first groove and the second nub being received in the second groove.