Patent ID: 8339778

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a server chassis; first and second hard disk drive carriers, each hard disk drive carrier supporting a hard disk drive and having a pair of side rails extending along the sides of the hard disk drive to a distal end; a first hinge rotatably connecting a distal end of the first hard disk drive carrier to a first side of the chassis, wherein the hinge allows the carrier to rotate about a first hinge axis between an open position and a closed position; a second hinge rotatably connecting a distal end of the second hard disk drive carrier to a second side of the chassis that opposite the first side of the chassis, wherein the hinge allows the carrier to rotate about a second hinge axis between an open position and a closed position; and wherein the first hard disk drive carrier rotates in a first plane between an open position extending beyond the front of the chassis and a closed position within the chassis, and wherein the second hard disk drive carrier rotates in a second plane between an open position extending beyond the front of the chassis and a closed position within the chassis, and wherein the second plane is parallel to the first plane.