Patent ID: 9131622
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A47B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking lever for a removable rack rail comprising: a side member; a base plate affixed to or incorporated into the side member, the base plate having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a longitudinally facing feature that limits a distance of insertion of the base plate into a slot in a mounting rail; wherein an end portion of the base plate extends beyond the longitudinally facing feature so as to form part of an end portion of the rail locking lever that is adapted to be inserted into the slot in a mounting rail; a body plate pivotably mounted to the base plate so as to be pivotable about a pivot point between a first position and a second position with respect to the base plate, the body plate having a longitudinal direction that is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the base plate when the body plate is in the first position and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a tang extending in the body plate lateral direction from the body plate; and a finger tab extending from the body plate for actuating the body plate to pivot about the pivot point with respect to the base plate; wherein when the body plate is in the first position with respect to the base plate, the tang extends laterally beyond the base plate so that the end portion of the rack rail locking lever has a size in the lateral direction at least slightly larger than the size of the base plate end portion, to tend to prevent removal of the end portion from the slot; and wherein when the body plate is in the second position with respect to the base plate, the tang is at least partially retracted in the lateral direction with respect to the base plate so that the end portion of the rack rail locking lever has a size in the lateral direction at least slightly smaller than the size when the body plate is in the first position, to tend to facilitate insertion of the end portion into the slot.