Patent ID: 8107233

Claim:
A system, comprising: a rack having two opposing sides to hold at least a first hardware component adjacently mounted in a vertical manner to a second computer hardware component; a first interface bracket fixed to a first rail of a first side of the rack, the first interface bracket having a first projection and a second projection both perpendicular to the rail, with the first projection adjacent to the first hardware component and the second projection adjacent to the second hardware component; a first release having a first aperture adapted to interface with the first projection from the first interface bracket and a second aperture to receive a first latch from the first hardware component; a second release having a third aperture adapted to interface with the second projection from the first interface bracket and a fourth aperture to receive a second latch from the second hardware component; and wherein the first and second projections are operatively connected on the first rail such that actuation of one of the first and second releases causes actuation of the first and second projections.