Electricity: conductors and insulators – Covers or face plates
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-29
2001-09-11
Reichard, Dean A. (Department: 2831)
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Covers or face plates
C174S034000, C174S050000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06288336
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a computer bezel, and particularly to a computer bezel having a plurality of fasteners for attaching the bezel to a computer panel.
2. The Related Art
A computer bezel is generally attached to a computer enclosure by a plurality of latches thereof engaging with a panel of the computer enclosure. A computer bezel, such as that disclosed in Taiwan Patent Application No. 85202167, integrally forms four latches therearound. A computer enclosure defines four apertures respectively in opposite panels thereof for engagingly receiving the latches thereby fixing the bezel thereto. However, due to the poor resiliency of the latches, detaching the computer bezel from the enclosure is complicated and easily damages the latches.
To counter this problem, a computer bezel with good resilient latches is required. The computer bezel such as disclosed in Taiwan Patent Application No.81214080, includes a plurality of metallic fasteners attached thereto by bolts. Each fastener includes a base and a latch extending from the base. The computer enclosure defines a plurality of slots for engagingly receiving the latches of the fasteners. However, the latch of the fastener is easily deformed during assembly or disassembly procedure. This makes it difficult in assembly or disassembly procedure.
As another example disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,123,680, a fastener for a computer bezel forms a plurality of latches therearound for engaging with a computer enclosure. However, since all the latches are engaged with the computer enclosure in different directions, the fastener is attached to the enclosure so tight that it is cumbersome to detach the fastener from the enclosure.
Thus, it is desired to have a computer bezel having a plurality of fasteners to facilitate the bezel to be attached to or detached from a computer enclosure.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a computer bezel comprising a plurality of fasteners to facilitate the bezel to be attached to or detached from a computer panel.
To fulfill the object mentioned above, a computer bezel in accordance with the present invention includes a body and a plurality of fasteners attached to the body. The body forms a plurality of positioning tabs. Each fastener comprises a base and a latch extending from the base. The base defines a slot and the latch defines a receiving space in communication with the slot to receive the positioning tab of the body for positioning the fastener.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be understood from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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Reichard Dean A.
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