Appeal No. 2007-0507
Application 10/737,051
APPELLANT’S INVENTION
Appellant’s invention is a latch assembly that facilitates the insertion and
removal of a component, such a battery, from a receptacle in an electronic device,
such as a laptop computer.
The structure and operation of an embodiment of the invention are depicted
in Figures 5-7, reproduced below.
As shown in Figure 5, the battery 42 has two downwardly extending bosses 80
each having a curved engagement surface 82 leading to a retention notch 84
(Specification 10:11-17). These bosses are engageable by respective a lift tabs 74
on a spring-biased, movable carriage 62 that is connected to a manually movable
slide member 50 (shown better in Fig. 3). Moving the carriage from the position
shown in Figure 5 to the position shown in Figure 6 brings the sloped surfaces 76
of lift tabs 74 into contact with engagement surfaces 82 of bosses 80.
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