Patent ID: 7159227

Claim:
A structure for rapidly detaching or installing a CD-ROM drive from or to a case of a computer, comprising: a frame received in a slot of the case of the computer comprising a side opening and an interior cavity in communication with the opening so that the CD-ROM drive can be mounted in the cavity through the opening, and a latch that is matingly coupled with an interior slit provided on the case of the computer for securing the frame to the case or that is disengaged from the latch for detaching the frame from the case; an elongated fastening assembly at a side of the cavity, the fastening assembly comprising an elongated sliding member and an elongated fastening member, wherein a movement of the sliding member toward or away from the side opening causes the fastening member to move toward or away from the CD-ROM drive for either securing the fastening member to the CD-ROM drive or disengaging the fastening member from the CD-ROM drive.