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US 12,764,893 B2Granted
Server rack with auto-positioning shelf
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsPhilip Nolan, Eoin M. Buckley, Darwin Machado
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Abstract
An information handling system server rack may include a frame and a plurality of shelves, each shelf comprising a ledge extending a distance from the frame substantially parallel to a surface upon which the information handling system server rack sits, a sidewall extending upward from and perpendicular to the ledge, and a sloped guide extending from the frame and sloping downward to the sidewall.
Claims6
An information handling system server rack comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a plurality of shelves, each shelf comprising:
- a ledge extending a distance from the frame substantially parallel to a surface upon which an information handling system sits, wherein the ledge comprises a first edge and a second edge;
- a sidewall extending upward from and perpendicular to the ledge, wherein the sidewall is positioned between the first edge and the second edge;
- and
- a sloped guide extending from the frame and sloping downward to the sidewall, wherein a lower edge of the sloped guide and an upper edge of the sidewall are contiguous.
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A shelf comprising:
- a ledge comprising a first edge and a second edge;
- a sidewall extending from and perpendicular to the ledge, wherein the sidewall is positioned between the first edge and the second edge;
- and
- a sloped guide extending from and sloping at an angle from the sidewall, wherein a lower edge of the sloped guide and an upper edge of the sidewall are contiguous.
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A method comprising:
- coupling a plurality of shelves to a frame of an information handling system server rack, each shelf comprising:
- a ledge extending a distance from the frame substantially parallel to a surface upon which an information handling rack sits, wherein the ledge comprises a first edge and a second edge;
- a sidewall extending upward from and perpendicular to the ledge, wherein the sidewall is positioned between the first edge and the second edge;
- and
- a sloped guide extending from the frame and sloping downward to the sidewall, wherein a lower edge of the sloped guide and an upper edge of the sidewall are contiguous.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.