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A tower computer housing has a molded plastic exterior wall portion with an access opening therein, a molded plastic access door, and a specially designed hinge structure that supports the access door on the housing for pivotal movement relative thereto between closed and open positions in which the

A tower computer housing has a molded plastic exterior wall portion with an access opening therein, a molded plastic access door, and a specially designed hinge structure that supports the access door on the housing for pivotal movement relative thereto between closed and open positions in which the door respectively covers and uncovers the access opening. The hinge structure includes spaced pairs of hinge pins and cam arms molded integrally on opposite ends of the access door, and spaced apart first and second resilient mounting and spring tab sets molded integrally with the housing exterior wall portion. Each of these sets includes a resilient mounting tab having a mounting hole therein and positioned between an opposed pair of resilient spring tabs. The door pins are removably snap-fitted into the mounting tab holes, and each of the door cam arms is positioned between and slidingly engages a pair of the spring tabs. When the door is manually pivoted through an initial arc toward a selected one of its closed and open positions, the spring tabs are deflected and function to automatically drive the door through a final arc to its selected position.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Electronic apparatus comprising:a housing having a wall opening therein;cooperatively interengageable first and second structures respectively carried by said housing and said access door and being operable to:(1) pivotally interfit sections of said first and second struc

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Electronic apparatus comprising:a housing having a wall opening therein;cooperatively interengageable first and second structures respectively carried by said housing and said access door and being operable to:(1) pivotally interfit sections of said first and second structures on an axis in a manner mounting said access door on said housing for pivotal movement relative thereto about said axis between a closed position in which said access door covers said wall opening, and an open position in which said access door is swung edgewise through said wall opening into the interior of said housing and uncovers said wall opening, and(2) provide between portions of said first and second structures a sliding engagement which, in response to a manual pivoting of said access door through an initial distance toward either selected one of said closed and open positions, resiliently deflects said portion of said first structure and then causes said portion of said first structure to forcibly pivot said access door through a final distance to, and then releasably retain said access door in, the selected position.