Patent ID: 8915557

Claim:
A locking mechanism comprising: a latch to engage with a recess of a server rack chassis, and to lock an adaptor assembly within the server rack chassis; a handle connected to the latch, the handle to engage and disengage the latch with the recess; a first link including a first stub, the first link to put the first stub in an up position in response to the handle being in a down position, and to put the first stub in a down position in response to the handle being in an up position; a second link including a second stub, the second link to put the second stub in a down position in response to the handle being in the down position, and to put the second stub in an up position in response to the handle being in the up position; a spring connected to the latch, the spring to bias the latch in a locked position; wherein the first stub is placed in physical communication with a third stub of a chassis plate in the server rack chassis when the adaptor assembly is in a first position within the server rack chassis, the second stub engages the third stub of the chassis plate in the server rack chassis when the latch snaps within the recess, wherein the second stub pulls the adaptor assembly further into the server rack chassis and places the adaptor assembly in a second location when the latch is placed in the locked position.