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An apparatus for removing mass storage devices (e.g. disk drives) from the internal support frame in a computer system. The apparatus is used with mass storage devices having resilient, side-mounted engagement members adapted for receipt in openings through the side walls of the support frame to loc

An apparatus for removing mass storage devices (e.g. disk drives) from the internal support frame in a computer system. The apparatus is used with mass storage devices having resilient, side-mounted engagement members adapted for receipt in openings through the side walls of the support frame to lock the device in position. To remove the device, a rotatable lever is connected to at least one side wall of the support frame. The lever includes at least one projection member positioned adjacent the opening through the side wall to which the lever is connected. To remove the device from the support frame, the lever is rotated so that the projection member contacts the engagement member. Continued rotation of the lever causes the engagement member to be urged inwardly and out of the opening in the side wall. As a result, the device is unlocked from the frame.

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A computer system comprising: at least one mass storage device contained within a housing, said housing comprising first and second side portions, at least one of said side portions having a resilient engagement member extending outwardly therefrom; a support frame adapted to removably receive said

A computer system comprising: at least one mass storage device contained within a housing, said housing comprising first and second side portions, at least one of said side portions having a resilient engagement member extending outwardly therefrom; a support frame adapted to removably receive said mass storage device therein, said support frame comprising a top wall, and first and second side walls, at least one of said side walls having an opening therethrough sized to receive said engagement member, the mounting of said mass storage device within said support frame causing said engagement member to contact said one of said side walls having said opening therethrough and move inwardly during said mounting until said engagement member reaches said opening, said engagement member thereafter moving outwardly into and through said opening to lock said mass storage device within said support frame; and a lever rotatably secured to said support frame adjacent said one of said sidewalls having said opening therethrough, said lever comprising at least one outwardly extending projection member thereon, said lever being rotatable between a first and second position, said projection member being positioned outwardly from said opening when said lever is in said first position, said projection member being positioned within said opening and against said engagement member when said lever is in said second position in order to push said engagement member inwardly and out of said opening.