Patent ID: 6885566

Claim:
A support assembly for holding up an expansion card on a motherboard, comprising: a pedestal comprising a plurality of pegs on an underside, the pegs being inserted into a plurality of holes on the motherboard for securing the support assembly to the motherboard, and a top positioning section; and a pivotal carrier comprising two side pivots extending from a main plate and fitted in two side holes of the pedestal for enabling the pivotal carrier to pivot about the holes, a top plate extending transversely from the main plate, a middle plate extending transversely from the main plate, and a horizontal trough between top plate and the middle plate, and at least one positioning member on a bottom of the pivotal carrier facing the positioning section and disposed under the positioning section so that the positioning member is adapted to limit a pivotal angle of the pivotal carrier as the positioning member is urged against the positioning section by turning the pivotal carrier, said middle plate includes an upwardly extending portion having a slanted surface, wherein in response to an insertion of the expansion card into an expansion slot of the motherboard through a dummy adapter, an edge of the expansion card engages said slanted surface and causes said pivotal carrier to pivot about the holes, thereby urging said edge of the expansion card into the trough.