COMPUTER SELECTIVELY CONFIGURABLE IN BOTH DESKTOP AND TOWER ORIENTATIONS
First Claim
1. Electronic apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a first exterior wall with an opening therein through which a modular device having a side may be inwardly inserted, and a second exterior wall transverse to said first exterior wall; and
a support structure operative to support the inserted modular device in a selectively variable one of (1) a first orientation in which the modular device side is parallel to said second exterior wall, and (2) a second orientation in which the modular device side is transverse to said second exterior wall.
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Abstract
A computer may be easily user re-configured between desktop and tower housing orientations, with the computer'"'"'s front side drive units being horizontally disposed in each orientation, using specially designed drive unit support and a reconfigurable front bezel. A square opening is formed in the front exterior wall of the housing, and the support apparatus includes spaced apart channel structures extending inwardly into the housing from the four sides of the wall opening, with opposing pairs of the channel structures being adapted to slidably receive corresponding projections on opposite side edge portions of the drive units. In this manner, each front side drive unit can be supported at the opening in a first orientation in which the drive unit will be horizontally oriented with the computer in a desktop orientation, or a second orientation in which the drive unit will be horizontally oriented with the computer in a tower orientation. When the bezel is secured to the outer side of the front housing wall an opening in the bezel body outwardly overlies the housing wall opening. A frame portion of the bezel is provided with a snap-in blank off plate to cover a portion of the housing wall opening unoccupied by drive units, and the frame portion may be removably installed on the bezel body in mutually perpendicular orientations to accommodate the selected desktop or tower configuration of the computer housing.
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25 Claims
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1. Electronic apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a first exterior wall with an opening therein through which a modular device having a side may be inwardly inserted, and a second exterior wall transverse to said first exterior wall; and
a support structure operative to support the inserted modular device in a selectively variable one of (1) a first orientation in which the modular device side is parallel to said second exterior wall, and (2) a second orientation in which the modular device side is transverse to said second exterior wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Electronic apparatus comprising:
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a housing having an exterior wall with an opening therein, said opening having first and second pairs of opposing sides;
a first opposing pair of support structures extending from said first pair of opposing sides into the interior of said housing and being operative to slidably and supportingly engage opposite portions of a modular device inserted into said opening in a first orientation; and
a second opposing pair of support structures extending from said second pair of opposing sides into the interior of said housing and being operative to slidingly and supportingly engage opposite portions of the modular device inserted into said opening in a second orientation transverse to said first orientation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. For use in conjunction with a computer housing having an exterior wall with an opening therein, a bezel assembly comprising:
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a bezel plate member having an opening therein, said bezel plate member being removably securable to the outer side of said exterior housing wall with said bezel plate member opening outwardly overlying said exterior housing wall opening;
a blank-off member having an area less than that of said bezel plate member opening; and
means for removably securing said blank-off member to said bezel plate member in a manner causing said blank-off member to block selectively variable portions of said bezel plate member opening. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. Computer apparatus selectively configurable in both desktop and tower orientations, comprising:
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a housing having a first exterior wall with an opening therein, and a second exterior wall transverse to said first exterior wall;
a modular device having a side and being insertable inwardly through said opening in a selectively variable one of (1) a desktop orientation in which said modular device side is parallel to said second exterior wall, and (2) a tower orientation in which said modular device side is transverse to said second exterior wall; and
a support structure operative to support the inserted modular device in either of the desktop and tower orientations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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Specification