Mounting kit
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAndrew James Phelan, Kelly K. Smith
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Abstract
An embodiment of a mounting kit has first and second rails connectable to a frame and first and second spacers respectively connectable to the first and second rails. The first and second spacers are configured to engage an object therebetween when the first and second rails are connected to the frame. The first and second rails each comprise a portion configured to extend under the object when the object is between the first and second spacers. A distance from the first spacer to an end of the first rail and a distance from the second spacer to an end of the second rail are based on a length of the object.
Claims20
A mounting kit, comprising:
- first and second rails connectable to a frame;
- and
- first and second spacers respectively connectable to the first and second rails;
- wherein the first and second spacers are configured to engage an object therebetween when the first and second rails are connected to the frame;
- wherein the first and second rails each comprise a portion configured to extend under the object when the object is between the first and second spacers;
- and
- wherein a distance from the first spacer to an end of the first rail and a distance from the second spacer to an end of the second rail are based on a length of the object.
A mounting kit, comprising:
- a first rail connectable to a first pair of columns of a rack so that an end of the first rail is recessed inward from a front surface of a front column of the first pair of columns, the first rail comprising first and second portions;
- a second rail connectable to a second pair of columns of the rack, the second rail comprising first and second portions;
- first and second spacers respectively connected to the first portions of first and second rails;
- wherein the first and second spacers are configured to respectively extend from the first portions of first and second rails to respectively engage opposing sidewalls of an electrical component when the first and second rails are connected to the rack and when the electrical component is positioned on the second portions of the first and second rails.
A method of mounting an object within the frame, comprising:
- connecting first and second rails to the frame;
- respectively connecting first and second spacers to the first and second rails;
- placing the object on ledges respectively extending from the first and second rails;
- rotating the object while the object is at least partially inserted in the frame so that a connector connected to the object clears a portion of the frame;
- and
- after the object clears the portion of the frame, positioning the object between the first and second spacers so that the first and second spacers engage the object therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.