Detachable device of a cable management arm for furniture

• US 6,811,039 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2002
• Issued: 11/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: King Slide Works Co LTD
• Original Assignee: King Slide Works Co LTD
• Inventors: Wang, Chun-Chiang, Chen, Ken-Ching, Tseng, I-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/310,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20040108289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 211/26, 211/26.2, 211/183, 211/189, 312/223.6, 312/223.1, 312/223.2, 361/826, 361/829, 361/725, 361/727, 361/683, 248/298.1, 248/235
• US Class Current: 211/26
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/06 Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves A47B96/022 takes precedence; aspects of adjusting height or inclination A47B57/00 ; brackets for the display of articles A47F5/08
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 12/38 using snap-action elements
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1491 having cable management arrangements management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06

Abstract

A detachable device of a cable management arm. The device includes a detachable plate, a bracket, and a retaining member combining with the cable management arm between a computer rack and a component drawer. The detachable plate includes engaging members integrally formed thereon. The bracket includes a positioning hole, and assembling holes adapted to receive the associated engaging members. The retaining member is pivotally mounted to the detachable plate. The retaining member includes a protrusion adapted to extend into the positioning hole of the bracket, and an elastic member adapted to maintain a retaining relationship with an assembled position or a disassembled position defined in the positioning hole of the bracket.

Claims

1. A detachable device connected between a cable management arm and a computer rack, comprising:

a detachable plate including a plurality of engaging members;

the detachable plate is pivot-connected to the cable management arm;

a bracket connected to the computer rack, the bracket including a plurality of assembling holes adapted to receive corresponding ones of the engaging members, and a positioning hole; and

a retaining member being pivotally connected to the detachable plate, the retaining member including a protrusion adapted to extend into the positioning hole, and an elastic member connected between the detachable plate and the retaining member and adapted to maintain the protrusion in a retaining relationship with an assembled position or a disassembled position defined in the positioning hole of the bracket.

2. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, wherein the bracket further includes a first end and second end including at least one of the assembling holes, and the second end is adapted to fittingly engage with at least one of the engaging members.

3. The detachable device as defined in claim 2, wherein the engaging member further includes a neck portion adapted to fittingly engage with of the assembling hole.

4. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging members are integrally formed on the detachable plate by punching.

5. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, wherein the protrusion is integrally formed on the retaining member by punching.

6. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, a one-way tooth is formed in the positioning hole to thereby maintain the protrusion in a retaining relationship with an assembled position or a disassembled position defined in the positioning hole.

7. The detachable device as defined in claim 6, wherein the one-way tooth comprises an inclined edge adapted to permit an assembling movement of the protrusion of the retaining member, and a vertical edge adapted to limit a disassembling movement of the protrusion of the retaining member.

8. The detachable device as defined in claim 6, wherein the one-way tooth comprises an inclined edge adapted to permit an assembling movement of the protrusion of the retaining member, and an acute angled edge adapted to limit a disassembling movement of the protrusion of the retaining member.

9. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, wherein the bracket is provided with various assembling positions of the assembling holes and the positioning holes which are adapted to selectively receive the engaging members of the detachable plate in the various assembling positions,thereby a singular size of the cable management arm can be applied to various depth sizes of the computer rack by selecting the assembling positions of the detachable plate and the cable management arm with respect to the bracket.

10. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, wherein the detachable plate further includes an operating window adapted to permit passage of the protrusion of the retaining member.

11. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, wherein the elastic member has two ends holding in a first fixing hole of the detachable plate and a second fixing hole of the retaining member, to thereby bias the retaining member on the detachable plate.

12. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, wherein the retaining member further includes an operating button which can be pushed upwards for releasing the protrusion from a one-way tooth that separates the assembled position or the disassembled position in the positioning hole.

13. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, wherein the bracket is connected to an inner wall of the computer rack by screws.

14. The detachable device as defined in claim 1, an inner wall of the computer rack is connected with a plurality of slide tracks adapted to retract or draw out a component drawer.

15. The detachable device as defined in claim 14, wherein the bracket is connected to the track, and the track is mounted to the computer rack by screws.