Patent ID: 8100396

Claim:
An apparatus for directing media sheets from a media tray comprising: a support member that extends across at least a portion of a width of the media tray, which is internal to a printer frame of a printer; a bracket extending from the support member, the bracket having a U-shaped opening with an upper portion and a lower portion separated by a distance that corresponds to a height of a pin extending from a feeder module to enable the bracket to apply a compressive force to a portion of the pin positioned within the bracket between the upper portion and lower portion of the bracket to install the support member in the printer at a position between the feeder module and the media tray to enable the feeder module to move media sheets received from the media tray to a media path within the printer frame; and a media director extending from the support member, the media director configured to direct a leading edge of a media sheet moving from the media tray toward a feeder nip of the feeder module, the media director being vertically displaced from the support member and the bracket.