Computer peripheral for removable cartridge media

• US 20090002936A1
• Filed: 06/26/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Marc Jacques Lalouette
• Original Assignee: Marc Jacques Lalouette
• Inventors: Lalouette, Marc Jacques
• Application Number:
  US11/821,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20090002936A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0601 Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0673 Single storage device
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/122 Arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/124 of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

Abstract

A desktop external drive that is configured to accept a removable disc drive cartridge with the direction of insertion in the vertical orientation such that the narrow edge of both the disc drive cartridge and desktop external drive are oriented towards the user.

Claims

1. A desktop external computer peripheral device that accepts a removable hard drive cartridge that inserts the hard drive cartridges in the vertical orientation and is configured to present the narrow edge of the hard drive cartridge towards the user.