Patent ID: 7527155

Claim:
An apparatus for compactly storing computing devices, comprising: an upper support comprising a rigid material forming a planar vertical back with substantially perpendicular edge protrusions along planar vertical back edges and configured to receive a display device; a lower support comprising a rigid material forming a tray configured to receive a keyboard and an integrated pointing device; and a mounting mechanism that connects the upper support to the lower support and allows the upper support and the lower support to transition between an access position and a vertical storage position, the mounting mechanism mounted to a divider panel of a computer equipment rack such that the vertical storage position is outside of the computer equipment rack and places the upper support and lower support behind a face of the computer equipment rack, wherein the computer equipment rack is configured to mount equipment with a height that is an integer multiple of 44.45 millimeters and the face is configured as a virtual vertical plane of the computer equipment rack wherein a user may access equipment mounted within the computer equipment rack.