Closure fasteners – Bolts – Sliding
Patent
1999-06-01
2000-08-01
Dayoan, B.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Sliding
292177, 292284, 70 2, 70 58, 70 81, 70162, 70164, E05C 112
Patent
active
060955740
ABSTRACT:
A computer enclosure locking mechanism. A bracket is disposed near the edge of a first enclosure panel. The bracket includes a latchpin retaining surface and a standoff member. The first panel includes a first latchpin clearance hole. The standoff member includes a lock bar clearance hole for receiving the lockbar of a padlock or other locking device. A retractable latchpin having a longitudinal member and a head is provided. A spring is disposed coaxially around the longitudinal member. A second enclosure panel includes a second latchpin clearance hole that aligns with the first latchpin clearance hole when the first and second panels are brought together at a seam. When the latchpin is retracted, the head rests against the latchpin retaining surface and the longitudinal member extends through the first clearance hole but not through the second clearance hole, thereby enabling the first and second panels to be separated or brought together. When the spring is depressed so that the head of the latchpin lies between the first panel and the lock bar clearance hole, the longitudinal member of the latchpin extends through both of the first and the second clearance holes, thereby preventing the first and second panels from being separated.
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Dayoan B.
Hart Kevin M.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Walsh John B.
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