Patent ID: 7511953

Claim:
A disk drive carrier assembly, comprising: a disk drive; a bracket comprising a pair of parallel side plates with a slideway defined therebetween for guiding the disk drive in a direction parallel to the side plates into the bracket, a securing opening defined in one of the side plates; and a carrier comprising a tray for receiving the disk drive and a handle pivotably attached to the tray about a first axis parallel to the side plates, a stop formed on an end of the handle for engaging with the securing opening of the bracket, a locking member rotatably attached to a free end of the handle from an inner side thereof at a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the locking member is operable from an outer surface of the carrier, when the locking member is rotated from a first position, where the locking member is blocked by the tray, to a second position, where the locking member is disengaged from the tray, the free end of the handle is released, and the handle can be rotated away from the tray.