US 7,328,880 B2
Stabilizing system for computer hardware
Jacques H Helot, Grenoble (France); and Gilbert Rahmouni, Claix (France)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/262,598.
Claims priority of application No. 01410125 (EP), filed on Oct. 01, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2003/0075664 A1, Apr. 24, 2003
Int. Cl. A47B 91/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 249—346.01  [248/188.3; 248/349.1; 248/917; 312/223.2; 361/681; 361/682; 292/13] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chassis cover for a unit having a horizontal and vertical orientation, the chassis cover including:
at least one wall panel having a surface and a width along the surface, the wall panel incorporating a recess in the surface; and
a stabilizer having a foot with a length greater than the width of the wall panel, the stabilizer being adapted to be located in the recess, where the recess is adapted so that in a retracted position the foot of the stabilizer is entirely contained within the recess and does not extend beyond the width of the wall panel and, in an extended position, the foot of the stabilizer extends from the recess beyond the width of the wall panel, so as to stabilize the chassis when the chassis is mounted in a vertical orientation, wherein the stabilizer is moved into and locked into the extended position by means of a combined extension and rotation action with reference to a longitudinal axis of a cylindrically shaped engagement portion of the stabilizer connected to the foot, the cylindrically shaped engagement portion being disposed for rotational and reciprocal movement within a correspondingly shaped opening in the recess.