Patent ID: 8582287

Claim:
A drive carrier comprising: a base adapted to receive a drive; two opposing sides extending from said base, each side having first and second stand-off receiving apertures that each receive a stand-off from a surface on which said drive carrier is to be positioned; a handle coupled to each side via a hinge, said handle having a stand-off receiving notch associated with each side, each stand-off receiving notch receives one of the stand-offs when the drive carrier is locked in place on said surface, each of said notches applies insertion and removal forces against the received stand-off during insertion and removal, respectively, of said drive carrier; and a locking latch selected from a structure consisting of (a) a pair of separate slidable locking latches, one slidable locking latch on a top edge of each of said sides and (b) a slidable member that extends between said top edges of said sides; wherein said hinges define a plane through said hinges and parallel to said base; wherein said handle pivots downward toward said plane and base to lock said drive carrier to said surface, and when said drive carrier is in a locked position, a lateral member of said handle rests above said plane; wherein said handle has a protruding lock extension on either side of said handle, each protruding lock extension engages in the locking latch provided on said sides to lock the handle and drive carrier in place on said surface.