US 11,896,120 B2Granted

Systems and components for anchoring objects to rack mount systems and assemblies

AssigneeMarquette University

InventorTimothy D. Tharp

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Abstract

An anchoring device for securing objects within a rack mount system using fasteners. The anchoring device has a base portion with flush and anchor faces, the anchor faces defining apertures. Hooks are provided for securing the anchoring device to the rack mount system. Each hook has a horizontal arm with base and distal ends, and a vertical arm with upper and lower ends. Each base end is coupled to the anchor face and each distal end is coupled to the upper end of one vertical arm. Hooks are receivable within openings in the rack mount system to secure the anchoring device. The apertures in the base portion align with the openings in the rack mount system when the anchoring device is secured to the rack mount system such that the object is securable to the rack mount system by engaging the fasteners with the apertures in the anchoring device.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An anchoring device for securing an object within a rack mount system using fasteners, the rack mount system having a frame that defines a plurality of openings, the anchoring device comprising:

a base portion having an anchor face configured to face an inner face of the frame of the rack mount system, the base portion also having three individual apertures within the anchor face, wherein each of the three individual apertures is threaded so as to threadedly engage the fasteners therein;
and
two individual hooks rigidly extending away from the anchor face of the base portion and configured for securing the anchoring device to the rack mount system, each of the two individual hooks being configured to be received within one of the plurality of openings in the rack mount system such that the anchoring device is secured thereto, wherein the two individual hooks are interposed between the three individual apertures, wherein the two individual hooks and the three individual apertures are configured to be vertically aligned when the anchoring device is secured to the rack mount system, and wherein an additional aperture is defined within at least one of the two individual hooks;
and
wherein the base portion and the two individual hooks are configured such that the three individual apertures in the base portion align with the plurality of openings in the rack mount system when the anchoring device is secured thereto such that the object is securable to the rack mount system by extending at least one of the fasteners though at least one of the plurality of openings in the rack mount system and into engagement with at least one of the three individual apertures in the anchoring device, wherein when the anchoring device is secured to the rack mount system the two individual hooks prevent the anchoring device from moving perpendicularly away from the rack mount system and the at least one of the fasteners prevents the anchoring device from moving upwardly within the rack mount system, and wherein the additional aperture is configured to receive an additional fastener to couple the anchoring device to the rack mount system.

2 more elements

A system for securing objects, the system comprising:

a rack mount system having a plurality of vertical members and a plurality of horizontal members that together define a frame having a prismatic shape, the plurality of vertical members defining a plurality of openings therethrough;
a plurality of anchoring devices, the plurality of anchoring devices comprising:
a base portion having a flush face that is opposite an anchor face, which each extend from an upper edge to a lower edge and also from a first side to a second side, wherein the base portion defines a plurality of apertures within the anchor face;
and
a plurality of hooks for securing the anchoring device to the rack mount system, each of the plurality of hooks having a horizontal arm and a vertical arm, wherein each horizontal arm has a base end that is opposite a distal end, wherein each vertical arm has an upper end that is opposite a lower end, and wherein the base end of each horizontal arm is coupled to the anchor face of the anchoring device and the distal end of each horizontal arm is coupled to the upper end of one vertical arm;
and
a plurality of fasteners configured to extend through a corresponding first plurality of openings from the plurality of openings defined in the rack mount system and to engage with one of the plurality of apertures defined in one of the plurality of anchoring devices;
wherein the plurality of hooks are configured to be received within the corresponding first plurality of openings in the rack mount system such that the anchoring device is secured thereon;
and
wherein at least one of the plurality of apertures in the base portion are aligned with at least one of the corresponding first plurality of openings in the rack mount system when the anchoring device is secured thereon such that one of the objects is securable to the rack mount system by inserting at least one of the plurality of fasteners within the at least one corresponding first plurality of openings and engaging the at least one of the plurality of fasteners with the at least one of the plurality of apertures in the anchoring device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/970,709Filed 23 Feb 2018
Published: US 2021/0085077 A125 Mar 2021
Granted: 13 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A47B 57/38
Consisting of side walls of the ladder type: with hooks on the shelf supports to engage the rungs of the ladder
H05K 7/1489
Cabinets therefor, e.g. chassis or racks or mechanical interfaces between blades and support structures: characterized by the mounting of blades…
Y10S 211/01
Supports: racks: magnetic article holder
A47B
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