Patent ID: 6035514
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of attaching a guide piece to a chassis in multiple orientations, said method comprising the steps of:(a) positioning said guide piece to allow each of a plurality of raised tabs, each having at least one beveled edge, and each located on a first outer surface of said guide piece, to align beside and offset from one of a plurality of fingers formed in a first side of a corner of said chassis; and(b) moving said guide piece laterally to cause each raised tab to pass behind and under a one of said fingers with which each raised tab is aligned, wherein said at least one beveled edge of each raised tab first contacts said one of said plurality of fingers to assist said each raised tab in passing behind said one of said plurality of fingers, comprising the steps of(b1) moving said guide piece laterally to cause said plurality of fingers to begin contact with each raised tab along an exterior beveled edge of a raised tab leg of each raised tab, wherein as said plurality of fingers contact said exterior beveled edge, said guide piece is forced down, flexing said guide piece into a bow shape, and(b2) moving said guide piece laterally to cause an end nub, located on a first end of a second outer surface of a second side of said guide piece and adjacent said first side of said corner, to snap down into an end nub hole formed in said chassis, wherein said bow shape of said guide piece is relieved when said end nub enters said end nub hole.