Two Post Rack with Floor Mounting Brackets
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorRobert L. Fritz
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Abstract
A bracket assembly for mounting a rack to a floor includes a bracket. The bracket includes a rack-mounting surface having at least one pair of rack-mounting openings for mounting the bracket to the rack, and a floor-mounting surface extending from the rack-mounting surface. The floor-mounting surface has at least three pairs of floor-mounting openings for mounting the bracket to the floor.
Claims20
A bracket assembly for mounting a rack to a floor comprising a bracket including a rack-mounting surface having at least one pair of rack-mounting openings for mounting the bracket to the rack, and a floor-mounting surface extending from the rack-mounting surface, the floor-mounting surface having at least three pairs of floor-mounting openings for mounting the bracket to the floor.
A method of replacing a rack for supporting electrical equipment comprising:
- removing a first rack, having a first width, from a floor by removing first bolts extending between floor-mounting openings in the first rack and holes in the floor;
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- installing a second rack, having a second width different than the first width, to the floor by inserting the first bolts or second bolts through pre-manufactured floor-mounting openings in the second rack into the holes in the floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.