Patent Publication Number: US-2012025680-A1

Title: Housing structure

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     This invention generally relates to a housing structure and more particularly to a housing structure including hidden holding members. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
       FIG. 1  shows a conventional housing structure. Referring to  FIG. 1 , a conventional housing structure  10  usually has holding members  12  on both sides of a housing  11  for convenience of carrying and transporting. The holding member  12  on the housing  11  is rotatable. When carrying, the holding members  12  can be rotated outward for a user to conveniently hold. When storing, the holding members  12  can be hidden in recesses  13  in the housing  11 . However, the holding members  12  disposed at sides of the housing  11  are stressed in a direction not perpendicular to a horizontal plane. Therefore, the holding members  12  can only be used for a housing structure storing objects with light weight. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     The invention provides a housing structure including a housing, a holding member, a first stop portion and a second stop portion. The housing has an accommodating space. The holding member, movably disposed in the accommodating space between a first position and a second position, includes an operating portion and a limiting portion connected with the operating portion. The first stop portion is disposed in the accommodating space, and the second stop portion is disposed in the accommodating space and below the first stop portion. When the holding member is in the first position, the operating portion abuts the first stop portion, and when the holding member is in the second position, the limiting portion abuts the second stop portion. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
       The invention can be more fully understood by reading the subsequent detailed description and examples with references made to the accompanying drawings, wherein, 
         FIG. 1  shows a conventional housing structure. 
         FIGS. 2A and 2B  shows a sketch diagram of a housing structure of the invention. 
         FIGS. 3A˜3C  are sketch diagrams showing a holding member disposed at a first position, a second position and a third position. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION 
       FIGS. 2A and 2B  show sketch diagrams of a housing structure of the invention. Referring to  FIGS. 2A and 2B , the housing structure  100  of the invention can be a server including a housing  110  and two holding members  120 . The housing  110  includes two accommodating space  111 . The two holding members  120  are disposed on opposite sides of the housing  110  and are movably disposed in the accommodating space  111 . As shown in  FIG. 2A , the holding member  120  can be disposed at a first position to be hidden in the housing  110 , or when the server is going to be carried by a user, the holding member  120  can be pulled out to be disposed at a second position from the accommodating space  111  for convenience of transporting the housing structure  100 , as shown in  FIG. 2B . 
       FIGS. 3A˜3C  are sketch diagrams showing the holding member disposed at a first position, a second position and a third position. Referring to  FIG. 3A˜3C , the housing structure  100  further includes a first stop portion  131 , a second stop portion  132 , a pair of first position fixing portions  141  and a pair of second position fixing portions  142  in each accommodating space  111 . The holding member  120  comprises an operating portion  121  and a limiting portion  122 , wherein the operating portion  121  has an angle R for a user to conveniently raise the operating portion  121  to a level where the angle R is located. The limiting portion  122  is connected to the operating portion  121 . The limiting portion  122  is operated in coordination with the first position fixing portion  141  and the second position fixing portion  142  to limit locating positions of the holding member  120 . 
     The first stop portion  131  is disposed in the accommodating space  111 , the second stop portion  132  is disposed below the first stop portion  131 , the first position fixing portion  141  is disposed below the second stop portion  132 , and the second position fixing portion  142  is disposed below the first position fixing portion  141 . The limiting portion  122  of the holding member  120  is movable among the second stop portion  132 , the first position fixing portion  141  and the second position fixing portion  142 . The first position fixing portion  141  and the second position fixing portion  142  comprise flexible elastic bumps. When the limiting portion  122  crosses the first position fixing portion  141  or the second position fixing portion  142 , the holding member  120  can be fixed at the first position (as shown in  FIG. 3A ), at the second position (as shown in  FIG. 3B ) or at the third position (as shown in  FIG. 3C ), respectively. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3A , when the holding member  120  is disposed at the first position, the operating portion  121  abuts the first stop portion  131  to prevent the holding member  120  from excessively falling into the accommodating space  111 . At this moment, the operating portion  121  is disposed outside the accommodating space  111  for a user to conveniently raise the holding member  120  by grabbing the operating portion  121 . The limiting portion  122  is limited to be below the second position fixing portion  142  by the second position fixing portion  142 . Before the limiting portion  122  is raised to cross the second position fixing portion  142 , the holding member  120  can be fixed at the first position and is not moved in the accommodating space  111  when the housing structure shakes. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3B , a user can raise the holding member  120  so that the limiting portion  122  crosses the second position fixing portion  142  to be located at the third position. At this moment, the limiting portion  122  is limited between the first position fixing portion  141  and the second position fixing portion  142 . 
     Or, as shown in  FIG. 3C , a user can completely raise the holding member  120  so that the limiting portion  122  crosses the first position fixing portion  141  to be located at the second position. At this moment, the limiting portion  122  abuts the second stop portion  132 , wherein the second stop portion  132  can prevent the holding member  120  from moving out of the accommodating space  111 . When the limiting portion  122  cross the first position fixing portion  141 , the limiting portion  122  is fixed between the first position fixing portion  141  and the second stop portion  132  with the help of the first position fixing portion  141 . 
     It is noted that in an another embodiment, the invention can optionally increase a plurality of position fixing portions between the first position fixing portion  141  and the second position fixing portion  142  for the holding member  120  to have more fixing positions. In addition, in a further embodiment of the invention, the first stop portion  131 , the second stop portion  132 , the first position fixed portion  141  and the second position fixed portion  142  can be disposed at any surface in the accommodating space  111 , and is not limited to the surface shown in  FIGS. 3A˜3C . 
     The holding member  120  of the housing structure  100  vertically moves in the accommodating space  111 , which is stressed in a direction perpendicular to a horizontal plane, such that a greater weight can be endured. In addition, a user can take out the holding member  120  at the position over the housing  110 . Therefore, a neighboring space of the housing  110  can be used more flexibly. 
     While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. It is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements (as would be apparent to those skilled in the art). Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements.