Rail Including a Shelf for Supporting an Information Handling System

A rail system for supporting one or more information handling systems, comprising:

• one or more rails configured to support one or more information handling systems;
• wherein at least one of the rails includes:
• an upper support structure and a lower support structure;
• a slot defined between the upper and lower support structures, the slot having a front end opening proximate to a front end of the rail, and the slot extending toward a back end of the rail;
• wherein the slot is configured to receive a guide structure of the information handling system;
• and
• a shelf extending forward from the front end opening of the slot, the shelf configured to support a portion of the information handling system when the guide structure is not received in the slot.

An information handling system, comprising:

• a rack;
• a plurality of information handling systems;
• and
• one or more rails coupled to the rack and configured to support one or more information handling systems;
• wherein at least one of the rails includes:
• an upper support structure and a lower support structure;
• a slot defined between the upper and lower support structures, the slot having a front end opening proximate to a front end of the rail, and the slot extending toward a back end of the rail;
• wherein the slot is configured to receive a guide structure of the information handling system;
• and
• a shelf extending forward from the front end opening of the slot, the shelf configured to support a portion of the information handling system when the guide structure is not received in the slot.