Claims
- 1. A computer assembly comprising:a computer housing; and a plurality of separate outer casing members mountable in enveloping relationship with said housing; said plurality of outer casing members having an attached state in fixedly mounted relationship with said housing and a disengaged state in non-touching relationship with said housing; said plurality of outer casing members being toolessly switchable between said attached state and said disengaged state; each of said casing members being interlockingly engageable with a least another one of said casing members; said plurality of outer casing members being toolessly switchable between said attached state and said disengaged state by actuation of at least one trip mechanism mounted on a bottom one of said casing members.
- 2. A computer assembly comprising:a computer housing; and a plurality of separate outer casing members mountable in enveloping relationship with said housing; said plurality of outer casing members having an attached state in fixedly mounted relationship with said housing and a disengaged state in non-touching relationship with said housing; said plurality of outer casing members being toolessly switchable between said attached state and said disengaged state; said plurality of members comprising a top member, a bottom member and at least one side member; said side member comprising a top portion and a bottom portion and further comprising a first tab portion located at said top portion thereof and a second tab portion mounted at a bottom portion thereof; said top member comprising a first tab receiving portion for receiving said first tab portion in pivotally hookingly engageable and disengageable relationship therewith; said housing comprising a second tab receiving portion at a lower end thereof for snappingly holdingly engaging said second tab portion; a second tab releasing assembly being mounted in said bottom member for selectively releasing said second tab portion from holding engagement from said second tab receiving portion wherein said second tab releasing assembly comprises at least one displaceable member urgable against at least one of said second tab receiving portion and said second tab portion.
- 3. The computer assembly of claim 2 wherein said second tab releasing assembly comprises a bias member operatively associated with said at least one displaceable member.
- 4. The computer assembly of claim 3, at least one displaceable member having a top end and a bottom end and having a push button portion at said bottom end, said bias member biasing said at least one displaceable member downwardly in a normal operating position of said computer.
- 5. A computer assembly comprising:a computer housing; and a plurality of separate outer casing members mountable in enveloping relationship with said housing; said plurality of outer casing members having an attached state in fixedly mounted relationship with said housing and a disengaged state in non-touching relationship with said housing; said plurality of outer casing members being toolessly switchable between said attached state and said disengaged state; each of said casing members being interlockingly engageable with a least another one of said casing members; said casing members comprising at least a first side member and a bottom member and further comprising a side member trip mechanism mounted in said bottom member; said bottom member being engaged with.said housing, and further comprising at least one bottom member trip mechanism mounted in said bottom member and adapted to release said bottom member from engagement with said housing.
- 6. The computer assembly of claim 5, said bottom member trip mechanism being hidden from view when said computer assembly is in a normal operating position on a work surface.
- 7. The computer assembly of claim 5, said bottom member trip mechanism comprising a U-shaped member.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is related to the following U.S. Patent Applications: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/552,201 filed Apr. 19, 2000 for COMPUTER WITH MODULAR COMPONENTS of Elizabeth B. Diaz, Felix Guerra and Yancy Chen; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/552,555 filed Apr. 19, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,307,742 for COMPUTER WITH READILY ACCESSIBLE MOTHERBOARD of Elizabeth B. Diaz, Kun-Chi Hsieh, and Bo Sui-Fai, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/552,193 filed Apr. 19, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,407,910 for COMPUTER WITH MODULAR DRIVE IN SEPARATE BAY of Elizabeth B. Diaz, Felix Guerra, Yancy Chen, Kun-Chi Hsieh, and Bo Siu-Fai; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/552,556 filed Apr. 19, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,466,433 for COMPUTER WITH MODULAR POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY IN SEPARATE BAY of Elizabeth B. Diaz, Felix Guerra, Yancy Chen, Kun-Chi Hsieh, and Bo Siu-Fai; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/552,428 filed Apr. 19, 2000 U.S. Pat. No. 6,462,940 for COMPUTER WITH MODULAR REMOVABLE MEDIA DRIVE of Elizabeth B. Diaz, Kun-Chi Hsieh, and Bo Siu-Fai; U.S. Patent Application for COMPUTER WITH TRANSLATING DOOR of Elizabeth B. Diaz, Peter K. Lee, and Kun-Chi Hsieh Ser. No. 09/583,453; and U.S. Patent Application filed the same date as this application for TOWER COMPUTER WITH LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY of Elizabeth B. Diaz, Felix Guerra, and Yancy Chen Ser. No. 09/580,816 which are hereby incorporated by reference for all that is disclosed therein.
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0896272 |
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