Patent ID: 7198338

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a data storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising: a bracket comprising a bottom wall and a pair of upstanding side walls, the side walls comprising a pair of supporting plates extending respectively therefrom, the side walls each defining a first opening near a front edge thereof corresponding to the respective supporting plate; and a pair of slide rails adapted to be attached to the data storage device and supported on the supporting plates of the bracket, each of the slide rails comprising a main body and a handle demountably attached to the main body, the main body having an arm, a fastening section and a stopper, the handle defining a second opening, the fastening section extending through the second opening and engaging in a corresponding first opening, the stopper limiting movement of the handle relative to the main body; wherein when the handles are pulled forward to ride over the fastening sections, the fastening sections are released from the first openings of the bracket, whereupon the data storage device can be removed from the bracket.