Patent ID: 7102895

Claim:
A bracket assembly, comprising: a frame, capable of being attached to a backplane, including two pairs of guide support arms that guide and support a plug-in card that is being connected to the backplane, wherein: said first pair of guide support arms includes a top guide support arm positioned a predetermined distance over a bottom guide support arm both of which include a notch sized to receive a first side edge of the plug-in card; said second pair of guide support arms includes a top guide support arm positioned a predetermined distance over a bottom guide support arm both of which include a notch sized to receive a second side edge of the plug-in card such that a user can interact with a top edge of the plug-in card to move the first side edge and second side edge of the plug-in card within the notches of the two pairs of guide support arms in a manner that enables the plug-in card to be connected to the backplane; and said bracket assembly is one piece.