Patent ID: 7492607

Claim:
An electronics chassis assembly for use in a components rack, comprising: a shelf, including: a sidewall oriented perpendicular to the shelf, the sidewall having latching/fulcrum flange that serves as a sidewall lock tab positioned at a front end of the sidewall, the sidewall lock tab having an arcuate configuration; and a guide rail extending along and adjacent the sidewall; and a chassis positionable on the shelf and having a face plate pivotally coupled to a front end of the chassis, the face plate having a latch/ejector with a latching portion having an arcuate indentation in which the sidewall lock tab is cooperatively engageable thereto such that the latch ejector is latchably engageable against a rear side of the sidewall lock tab when the chassis is positioned on the shelf and the face plate is in a closed position, and an ejector edge of the latch/ejector is engageable against a front side of the sidewall lock tab when the chassis is positioned on the shelf and the face plate is in an open position to thereby provide an ejection force.