Patent ID: 8446722

Claim:
A circuit board chassis comprising: an enclosure comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall that are counter-opposed, and connected to and separated by a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall that are counter-opposed, and connected to and separated by the first sidewall and the second sidewall, at least one of the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall including an aperture having a height dimension and a width dimension designed to accommodate insertion and assembly of a backplane into the circuit board chassis in a first direction through the aperture; and at least one circuit board guide means incorporated into at least one of the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the third sidewall, the fourth sidewall and the backplane having a depth dimension and a width dimension designed to accommodate insertion and assembly of a circuit board into the circuit board chassis and the backplane in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.