A drawer assembly has a removable container and a receiving tray. The container has a housing having at least one shaped surface and at least one horizontal alignment element coupled to and projecting from the housing. The receiving tray has a base having a redirection feature and at least one horiz
A drawer assembly has a removable container and a receiving tray. The container has a housing having at least one shaped surface and at least one horizontal alignment element coupled to and projecting from the housing. The receiving tray has a base having a redirection feature and at least one horizontal alignment hole in the base that is configured to accept the horizontal alignment element. The container and receiving tray are configured such that downward motion of the container with the shaped surface of the housing in contact with the redirection feature of the base induces a lateral motion of the container according to the engagement of the shaped surface and the redirection feature that causes the horizontal alignment element to slide into the horizontal alignment hole.
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1. A drawer assembly comprising: a removable housing comprising a first connector half and a horizontal alignment element coupled to and projecting from the housing in a first direction and a pocket having a sloped surface angled toward the first direction; anda receiving tray comprising: a base com
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A drawer assembly comprising: a removable housing comprising a first connector half and a horizontal alignment element coupled to and projecting from the housing in a first direction and a pocket having a sloped surface angled toward the first direction; anda receiving tray comprising: a base comprising a horizontal alignment hole configured to accept the horizontal alignment element when the housing is in a fully inserted position and a second connector half that contacts the first connector half when the housing is in the fully inserted position; anda lifter rotatably coupled to the base at a pivot, the lifter having a lifter arm extending from the pivot, the lifter having a first position with the lifter arm extending upward from the base at a first angle to the base and a second position with the lifter arm extending at a second angle to the base that is less than the first angle, the second position associated with the fully inserted position,wherein the lifter arm is biased to move from the second position toward the first position, the lifter arm having a surface angled toward a second direction, opposite the first direction, and the surface of the lifter arm being engaged with the sloped surface of the pocket when the lifter arm is in the second position and as the housing is locked in the fully inserted position, applying a bias force to the sloped surface in the second direction, thereby urging the removable housing in the second direction such that the removable housing engages a wall of the base facing the first direction and limits motion of the removable housing in the first and second directions with respect to the base. 2. The drawer assembly of claim 1, wherein the receiving tray further comprises a biasing element coupled to the lifter, the biasing element configured to urge the lifter to rotate away from the second position and toward the first position. 3. The drawer assembly of claim 2, wherein: the housing further comprises a hook coupled to and projecting from the housing, the hook comprising a retention feature and a shaped surface;the receiving tray further comprises a redirection feature, a hook alignment aperture in the base, and a latching element protruding into the hook alignment aperture;interaction of the shaped surface of the hook with the redirection feature of the receiving tray causes the housing to move laterally as the housing is inserted into the receiving tray;the hook alignment aperture is configured such that the hook enters the hook alignment aperture as the horizontal alignment element enters the horizontal alignment hole; andthe latching element is configured to engage the retention feature when the housing is in the fully inserted position. 4. The drawer assembly of claim 2, wherein the biasing element comprises a torsion spring. 5. The drawer assembly of claim 1, wherein: the first connector half and the second connector half are in electrical contact when the housing is in the fully inserted position. 6. The drawer assembly of claim 1, wherein as the lifter arm rotatably moves from the second position to the first position, the lifter arm applies an upward force and a horizontal force in the second direction on the removable housing. 7. The drawer assembly of claim 6, wherein as the lifter arm rotatably moves from the second position to the first position, the removable housing is drawn in the second direction. 8. The drawer assembly of claim 1, wherein the lifter arm is positioned within a recess of the base. 9. The drawer assembly of claim 1, wherein the lifter arm is configured to rotate about forty-five degrees from the second position to the first position. 10. The drawer assembly of claim 1, wherein the pivot is positioned beneath a top surface of the base. 11. A method comprising the steps of: positioning a container having a first connector half and a horizontal alignment element projecting from the housing in a first direction, a pocket with a sloped surface extending upward and toward the first direction, and a hook with a shaped surface above a receiving tray having a horizontal alignment hole and a redirection feature; andinserting the container vertically downward, thereby engaging a lifter, having a lifter arm, of the receiving tray with the sloped surface of the pocket and engaging the redirection feature of the receiving tray with the shaped surface of the container such that the lifter moves away from a first position to a second position associated with a fully inserted position of the container as the interaction of the redirection feature and shaped surface of the hook causes the container to move in the first direction so as to insert the horizontal alignment element into the horizontal alignment hole,wherein the lifter arm has a surface extending downward and toward a second direction, opposite the first direction, and is biased to move from the second position toward the first position such that the surface of the lifter arm engages the sloped surface of the pocket when the lifter arm is in the second position and applies, as the housing is locked in the fully inserted position, a bias force to the removable housing, moving the container in the second direction such that the hook engages a wall of the redirection feature facing the first direction, thereby limiting motion of the removable housing in the first and second directions with respect to the base when the container is in the fully inserted position;engaging a retention feature of the container with a latching element of the receiving tray when the container is in the fully inserted position. 12. A drawer assembly comprising: a removable housing comprising (a) a horizontal alignment element projecting in a forward direction from the housing, (b) a pocket having a sloped surface that extends transversely to the forward direction, and (c) a bottom surface; anda receiving tray comprising: a base comprising (i) a top surface and (ii) a horizontal alignment hole configured to receive the horizontal alignment element when the housing is in a fully inserted position on the receiving tray such that the bottom surface of the removable housing contacts the top surface; anda lifter arm rotatably coupled to the base at a pivot beneath the top surface, the lifter arm having a surface extending transversely to a backward direction, opposite the forward direction, and the lifter arm having a first position extending upward from the top surface at a first angle to the top surface and a second position with the lifter arm extending parallel to the top surface and within a recess of the base;wherein when the housing is locked in a fully inserted position on the receiving tray, the lifter arm is in the second position and the lifter arm surface facing transversely to the backward direction engages a portion of the sloped surface that extends transversely to the forward direction and imparts a rearward and upward force against the sloped surface such that the removable housing is moved rearward against a forward-facing wall of the base, thereby limiting motion of the removable housing in the forward and rearward directions relative to the base; andwherein when the lifter arm rotates from the second position to the first position, the lifter arm moves the removable housing rearward and upward such that the horizontal alignment element is released from the horizontal alignment hole. 13. The drawer assembly of claim 12, wherein the receiving tray further comprises a biasing element coupled to the lifter arm, the biasing element configured to urge the lifter arm to rotate away from the second position and toward the first position. 14. The drawer assembly of claim 13, wherein the biasing element comprises a torsion spring. 15. The drawer assembly of claim 12, wherein the lifter arm is configured to rotate about forty-five degree from the second position to the first position. 16. The drawer assembly of claim 12, wherein: the removable housing further comprises a hook projecting from the bottom surface, the hook comprising a retention feature and a shaped surface;the receiving tray further comprises a redirection feature, a hook alignment aperture in the base that comprises the forward-facing wall, and a latching element protruding into the hook alignment aperture;interaction of the shaped surface of the hook with the redirection feature of the receiving tray causes the housing to move forward as the housing is inserted into the receiving tray;the hook alignment aperture is configured such that the hook enters the hook alignment aperture as the horizontal alignment element enters the horizontal alignment hole; andthe latching element is configured to engage the retention feature when the housing is in the fully inserted position. 17. The drawer assembly of claim 12, wherein the removable housing comprises a first connector and the receiving tray comprises a second connector, the first and second connectors being configured to be in electrical contact when the removable housing is in the fully inserted position.
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