Patent ID: 7763817

Claim:
A button assembly for pressing a switch in a computer bezel, a cutout defined in the computer bezel, the button assembly comprising: a button inserted in the cutout and exposed outside the computer bezel; a rotating member engaging with the button and pivotably mounted on the computer bezel; and an arm contacting the rotating member and pivotably mounted on the computer bezel, a pressing portion extending outward from a side of the arm, the pressing portion comprising a first plane adjacent the arm and a second plane, the pressing portion being wedge-shaped, narrow at an end on which the first plane is located, and wide at another end on which the second plane is located to form a slanted pressing plane between the first plane and the second plane, when the button is pressed to move the rotating member, the rotating member pushes the arm so that one end of the slanted pressing plane adjacent the second plane contacting the switch, a counterforce of the switch causing the pressing portion to twist the arm, another end of the slanted pressing plane adjacent the first plane moving forward, thereby the slanted pressing plane entirely contacting the switch for activating the switch; wherein a cutout is defined in the rotating member, a pivot post is formed on the computer bezel for inserting in the cutout.