Patent ID: 8353494

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for mounting a slide rail to a rack post, the rack post defining a plurality of through holes, the mounting apparatus comprising: a supporting bracket slidably mounted to the slide rail, the supporting bracket comprising an end plate perpendicular to a sliding direction of the supporting bracket, and an inserting pin extending from the end plate; a latch member comprising a middle plate fixed to the supporting bracket, and a latch arm extending forwards from the middle plate, the latch arm comprising at least one engaging tab; and an actuating member clipped to the latch member, wherein the actuating member comprises an abutting tab; wherein the inserting pin is operable to be inserted into one of the plurality of through holes of the rack post, the at least one engaging tab abuts against a side of the rack post opposite to the end plate of the supporting bracket in response to the latch member being deformed to prevent the inserting pin of the supporting bracket from retracting from the corresponding through hole of the rack post, the inserting pin is capable of retracting from the corresponding through hole of the rack post when the latch member is restored; the supporting bracket is slidable relative to the slide rail between a first position, where the abutting tab abuts against the slide rail to deform the latch member, and a second position, where the abutting tab does not deform the latch member.