Tool-less mounting slide bracket

A slide bracket free of tool mounting includes a body, a base, first hangers, first resilient elements, second hangers, a hook and a second resilient element. The body comprises a fixing board. The first hanger, the first resilient element and the second hanger are located between the fixing board and the base. The fixing board is provided with a first longitudinal trough while the base is provided with a second longitudinal trough and a chute. The second longitudinal trough corresponds to the first longitudinal trough of the fixing board. The hook, having an angle and a stopper, penetrates the first longitudinal trough, the chute and the second longitudinal trough. The stopper slips relatively to the chute. The second resilient element upholds to the knob, which moves the hook relatively to the rack, and makes the angle buckled in a rack.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a slide bracket which is free of tool mounting, and more particularly to a slide bracket capable of prompt mounting and demounting, which also conforms to the mounting holes of various specifications.

2. Description of the Prior Art

A handy mounting of a bracket integrated with a slide into the metal rack is frequently viewed in the rack-mounted computer system.

This category of the slide brackets are quite copious in their designs; however, the leading trends recently come in tool-less and in prompt mounting and demounting, and are available for the racks of different mounting requirements. For instance, the mounting holes of a variety of specifications, as USPTO issued patents of U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,659,577 B2; 6,702,124 B2; 7,281,694 B2; 7,144,184 B2 (Taiwan Patent No.: M281525); U.S. Pat. No. 7,284,672 B2 (Taiwan Patent No.: M281520), and a published application of 20050156493 A1.

The foregoing disclosed prior art are devising the hangers of the bracket into segmented poles of different diameters, for the support of the mounting holes of various specifications, and are exploiting the elastomers of the bracket or the movable and interval-adjustable fasteners to attach firmly the bracket in the rack; however, once this kind of the bracket is mounted, the dismount of it can only be done from its side, which means it would possibly be hard to have a single slide and bracket of a server demounted from arrays of slides and brackets of servers. The USPTO published application of 20050156493 is the prior art of the present invention and is invented by the same inventor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is accordingly an object of this invention to provide a slide bracket free of tool mounting, which can be disposable of having a single slide and a bracket demounted from arrays of slides and brackets, and capable of conforming to the mounting holes of different specifications.

According to the present invention, there is provided a tool-less mounting slide bracket, comprising:a body, comprising a fixing board, provided with openings and a first longitudinal trough thereon;a base, comprising lodging spaces, a second longitudinal trough and a chute, wherein the lodging space corresponds to the opening of the fixing board, and the second longitudinal trough corresponds to the first longitudinal trough of the fixing board;first hangers, each connecting to the lodging space of the base;first resilient elements, each wearing on the first hanger;second hangers, each wearing on the first hanger, clamping said first resilient element and being movable in the opening and the lodging space;a hook, comprising an angle and a stopper, penetrating the first longitudinal trough, the chute and the second longitudinal trough, and the stopper slipping in the chute; anda second resilient element, corresponding to the hook and clamping the hook to drive the angle to move horizontally.

Preferably, the tool-less mounting slide bracket further comprises a knob, said hook further comprising a connecting section fixed to the knob.

Preferably, the knob is connected to the second resilient element and the second resilient element is a resilient bar.

Preferably, the base is provided with a flute.

Alternatively, the knob and the second resilient element are disposed in the flute of the base, the second resilient element is positioned against the knob, and the second resilient element is a spring.

Alternatively, the first hanger and the second hanger are formed in the base into an all-in-one shape which is a bi-segment cylinder.

Preferably, the angle of the hook comprises a first bend and a second bend.

Accordingly, the improved feature and advantage are as follows:a. apply to the racks with mounting holes in different specifications.b. handy to engage in a dismount right in the bracket front, available for having a single slide and a bracket demounted from arrays of slides and brackets.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring toFIGS. 1 and 2, a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a body1, a base2, first hangers3, first resilient elements4, second hangers5, a hook6, a second resilient element7and a knob8, and is fixed to a rack9.

The body1comprises a fixing board11which is provided with openings111and a first longitudinal trough112;

The base2comprises lodging spaces21, a second longitudinal trough22, a chute23and a flute24. The lodging spaces21correspond in position to the openings111of the fixing board11. The second longitudinal trough22corresponds in position to the first longitudinal trough112of the fixing board11.

Each of the first hangers3is connecting to the lodging space21of the base2.

Each of the first resilient elements4is wearing on the first hanger3.

Each of the second hangers5is wearing on the first hanger3and engaging with the first resilient element4. The second hanger5is movable between the opening111and the lodging space21.

The hook6comprises an angle61, a stopper62and a connecting section63, penetrating the first longitudinal trough112, the chute23and the second longitudinal trough22. The stopper62slips relatively to the chute23.

The second resilient element7clamps the hook6to have the angle61move horizontally. In this embodiment, the second resilient element7is a resilient bar.

The knob8is located in the flute24of the base2and connected with the connecting section63of the hook6. The knob8connects to the second resilient element7.

The rack9, in this embodiment, has mounting holes91in square shape.

During the assembly and the mounting to the rack9, as shown inFIGS. 2 and 3, the body1is mounted to the rack9, and the base2joins the fixing board11of the body1. The first hanger3and the second hanger5are disposed on the fixing board11and the base2. The first resilient element4is located between the first hanger3and the second hanger5. The second hanger5is inserted in the mounting hole91of the rack9. The hook6including the stopper62penetrates through the second longitudinal trough22and the chute23. The connecting section63of the hook6is fixedly connected to the knob8. The knob8and the second resilient element7are placed in the flute24of the base2. The second resilient element7upholds the knob8, which moves the hook6relatively to the rack9, and makes the angle61buckled in the mounting hole91of the rack9.

During the removal of the body1, as shown inFIG. 4, when the knob8is pressed, the second resilient element7will in turn be pressed, which further drives the hook6to slip in the second longitudinal trough22and the chute23. The angle61is also activated to escape from the mounting hole91of the rack9, and the body1is then ready to be unloading from the rack9.

FIG. 5is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention. A second resilient element7A is a spring which is placed in a flute24A of a base2A and upholds a knob8A.

FIG. 6is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the present invention. A first hanger3B and a second hanger5B are formed in a base2B into an all-in-one shape which is a bi-segment cylinder. An angle61B of a hook6B comprises a first bend611B and a second bend612B.FIGS. 7 and 8show the third embodiment that can be used in both a rack9B with mounting holes91B in square shape and a rack9B′ with mounting holes91B′ in circular shape.