Patent ID: 8632140

Claim:
A computer housing structure, comprising: a main cabinet having a front panel and an openable side panel, the side panel cooperatively defining an enclosure when being shut toward the front panel in a closed configuration and providing access to the interior of the main cabinet when in an open configuration, wherein the front panel is formed with a receiving slot on an edge portion thereof proximate to the side panel and has a protruding member parallel to the side panel; and a fixing mechanism disposed on one edge of the side panel in correspondence to the front panel, the fixing mechanism including: a latch member, wherein the latch member has: a first hook having a wedged first abutting surface in correspondence to the edge portion of the front panel; a second hook having a wedged second abutting surface in correspondence to the protruding member; and an elastic member coupled to the latch member, the latch member being movably disposed on the side panel and movable between a default position and an unlatched position, wherein the latch member is kept at a default position when no load is applied to the elastic member; wherein upon closing of the side panel, the edge portion of the front panel presses against the wedged first abutting surface of the first hook while the protruding member presses against the wedged second abutting surface of the second hook, the first and second hooks are biased toward the unlatched position, and then the first and second hooks return to the default position by the elastic member, such that the first hook enters the receiving slot and the second hook engages the protruding member to retain the side panel in the closed configuration.