Patent ID: 6884100

Claim:
A mechanism for fastening a card in an expansion slot on a motherboard of a computer, the card including a connector at a lower side and a projection at one end of the connector, and the expansion slot including a bifurcation at one end with a well defined therebetween, the bifurcation comprising two branches, each branch including an extension, a recessed first catch formed on a top of the extension and being proximate one end of the extension, and a recessed second catch formed on the top of the extension and being distal from one end of the extension, the mechanism being substantially a hollow parallelepiped and being open to both a first side facing the bifurcation and a bottom, the mechanism comprising: a top; a second and third sides extending downward from the top; two ribs formed on an underside of the top; and a cavity formed on an inner wall of either of the second and third sides; wherein responsive to inserting the connector of the card into the expansion slot with the projection of the card entered the well of the expansion slot, push the mechanism toward the bifurcation of the expansion slot for moving the ribs of the mechanism to pass the first catches to engage with the second catches of the extensions as the extensions slid into the cavity to matingly engage therewith.