Patent ID: 7079392

Claim:
A blower mounting mechanism for mounting a blower on and within a device chassis comprising a frame member; a blower attached to said frame member adjacent one end of said frame member; a first track portion carried by said frame member; a second track portion presented by said device chassis which engages and cooperates with said first track portion to permit relative linear motion of said frame member into and out of said chassis through a chassis opening and to provide support of said frame member on said device chassis; a latch element, which is a single molded member comprising a central portion that includes a latch projection formed as an integral part thereof and a pair of longitudinally extending outrigger portions respectively connected at each lateral side of said central portion by a reduced cross section web portion with each said outrigger portion including a plurality of outwardly extending projections; said frame member including a central cut out portion presenting confronting edge surfaces which are confined respectively between said latch element outrigger portion projections, enabling said latch element to be supported on and longitudinally movable relative to said frame member at the end of said frame member opposite said one end; said latch member latch projection being engageable with a cooperating latch means comprising an opening in said device chassis into which said projection is received to retain said frame member within said device chassis when said frame is fully inserted into said device chassis with said frame member one end first entering said device chassis opening; means for manually releasing said latch projection from said chassis opening; biasing means carried by said latch element for engaging said frame member when said latch means is engaged with said cooperating latch means to bias said frame toward said fully inserted position within said chassis; and a drop down handle pivotably mounted on said latch element central portion and pivotable between an operative position at which it can be used to disengage said latch projection from said device chassis opening and a stored position closely adjacent said latch element.