US4635811A
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Computer modular frame with retractable stabilizers
Assignee: Bull HN Information Systems Italia SpA
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Filing: 1985-09-18
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Granted: 1987-01-13
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Expires: 2005-09-18
Abstract
Abstract Computer modular housing with retractable stabilizers comprised of bearing feet shiftable relative to each other in a parallel direction, each of said bearing feet is independently movable laterally relative to the others so as to increase the frame bearing area and therefore increases the frame stability. They may also be retracted to a position which permits the assembly of modules against walls or other frames in order to form systems of juxtaposed modular units.
Inventors
- 👤 Renato Lodi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:25
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K7/00; H05K7/18; F; F16; F16M; F16M11/00; F16M11/20; F16M11/22; F16M13/00; F16M13/02; G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/18; G06F1/181; H05K5/00; H05K5/30; G06F2200/00; G06F2200/16; G06F2200/163; G06F2200/1638
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
Computer modular frame capable of juxtaposition against a wall and/or against other similar frames, comprising: N retractable feet where N≧3, each of said feet being shaped as a substantially rectangular foot and movably skid-mounted on the bottom of said frame and shiftable in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of said frame, two sides of said rectangular foot being parallel to said shifting direction, said N feet being serially mounted in juxtaposition, along said longitudinal axis, at least two of said feet in juxtaposition one to the other with each being shiftable in an opposite direction of said shifting direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
Computer modular frame capable of juxtaposition against a wall and/or against other similar frames, comprising: N retractable feet where N≧3, each of said feet being shaped as a substantially rectangular foot and movably skid-mounted on the bottom of said frame and shiftable in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of said frame, two sides of said rectangular foot being parallel to said shifting direction, said N feet being serially mounted in juxtaposition, along said longitudinal axis, at least two of said feet in juxtaposition one to the other with each being shiftable in an opposite direction of said shifting direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
Modular frame as per claim 1 characterized in that said N feet have a length, in said-shifting direction, at least 2 cm less than the edges of the frame so as to leave a recess below said frame.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
Modular frame system comprised of at least a pair of modular frames as per claim 2, arranged side by side and juxtaposed in said shifting direction, characterized in that the feet of said pair of modular frames are shifted so as to be interleaved; i.e. those of one frame interleaved to those of another frame, and in that a common cover is provided for all modules so arranged to rigidly lock said modular frames.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
Modular frame system comprised of at least a first and second modular frame as per claim 1, arranged side by side and placed in said shifting direction, characterized in that the feet of said first and second modular frames are shifted so as to be interleaved with the ones of the first frame with the ones of the second frame, and in that a common cover is provided for all modules so arranged, thus rigidly locking in said modular frames.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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