Patent ID: 8029077
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A flattenable frame for a computer housing, comprising: a lateral frame panel; and a front frame panel, a rear frame panel, a top frame panel, and a bottom frame panel connected pivotally to four panel edges of said lateral frame panel, wherein: (A) said front, rear, top, and bottom frame panels are convertible between (i) a flattened state, where said front, rear, top and bottom frame panels are in substantially the same plane, and (ii) an assembled state, where said front, rear, top, and bottom frame panels are turned to a same side of said lateral frame panel, thereby to form a rectangular frame; (B) said flattenable frame further comprises a disk drive support frame, said disk drive support frame including a support plate and two pivot connection plates, wherein said support plate is connected pivotally to an inner panel surface of said lateral frame panel by one of said pivot connection plates and also is connected to said front frame panel by the other of said pivot connection plates, and wherein said support plate (i) is pivotable to be disposed proximate to said lateral frame panel or to be parallel to said lateral frame panel in a spaced-apart relationship, and (ii) is proximate to said inner panel surface of said lateral frame panel when in the flattened state and is parallel to said lateral frame panel in the spaced-apart relationship when in the assembled state; and (C) each of said pivot connection plates has a connecting portion and two pivot portions that bend from two ends of said connecting portion in the same direction, each of said pivot connection plates having a substantially U-shaped cross section, one of said pivot connection plates being connected pivotally to rear ends of top and bottom edges of said support plate and to said lateral frame panel by said pivot portions thereof, and the other of said pivot connection plates being connected pivotally to front ends of said top and bottom edges of said support plate and to said front frame panel by said pivot portions thereof.