Structure and method for securing and transporting equipment racks

A clamping device for securing an equipment rack during shipping, the clamping device comprising:

• a gripping portion having first and second sections with respective first and second interior surfaces positionable along opposing sides of a lateral logistic bar;
• a clamp mechanism attached to the gripping portion and having two actuators that operate together to bring the first and second sections of the gripping portion together to frictionally engage the respective first and second interior surfaces against the lateral logistic bar, the two actuators being attached to a respectively one of a top and a bottom exterior surface of a same one of the first and second sections and enabling movement of the clamp mechanism between a disengaged position and an engaged position to selectively engage the first and second interior surfaces to the opposing sides of the lateral logistic bar positioned adjacent to one side of the equipment rack within a carrier shipping enclosure;
• the gripping portion further comprising a rectangular shape divided on top and bottom into the two sections, at least one of the two sections having a latch hook attached thereto and extending from each of the top and the bottom exterior surfaces opposed from the clamp mechanism;
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• at least one mounting feature attached to an exterior surface of and extending in a longitudinal direction away from at least one of the first and the second sections of the gripping portion to hold one end of a longitudinal logistic bar positioned along a next side of the equipment rack, the at least one mounting feature comprising a first mount receptacle, the longitudinal logistic bar being separate from the clamping device and extending between and directly/physically interconnecting with the mounting feature of the clamping device and a second mounting feature of a second clamping device to provide lateral support to the equipment rack.