Patent ID: 7447013

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a storage device comprising: a bracket for receiving the storage device; a base mounting the bracket therein, a fixing portion comprising two sidewalls formed on the base, and a hooking recess defined in one of the sidewalls of the fixing portion; a sliding member received in the fixing portion to fix the bracket, and the sliding member comprising a hook to engage in the hooking recess of the fixing portion; and an elastic member received in the fixing portion for restoring the sliding member, wherein a sliding recess is defined in said one of the sidewalls of the fixing portion, and a projection is formed between the hooking recess and the sliding recess, the hook of the sliding member is capable of sliding in the sliding recess, getting over the projection and snappingly engaging in the hooking recess, such that the sliding member latches the storage device and is immovably locked to the base.