Devices for facilitating installation and/or removal of components in an equipment rack
AssigneeBreakingPoint Systems, Inc.
InventorKristopher Len Raney
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Abstract
A device for facilitating the movement of a component into or out of an equipment rack includes a device body, a securing system coupled to the device body and configured for releasably securing the device to a post of the equipment rack, and at least one wheel rotationally coupled to the device body. In a mounted position of the device in which the device is secured to the equipment rack post, the at least one wheel physically supports a component and facilitate movement of the component into or out of the equipment rack.
Claims20
A device for facilitating the movement of a component into or out of an equipment rack, comprising:
- a device body;
- a securing system coupled to the device body and configured for releasably securing the device to a post of the equipment rack;
- at least one wheel rotationally coupled to the device body;
- wherein in a mounted position of the device in which the device is secured to the equipment rack post, the at least one wheel is configured to physically support a component and facilitate movement of the component into or out of the equipment rack.
An equipment rack for housing one or more components, the equipment rack comprising:
- a plurality of posts extending generally in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of component support devices, each releasably securable to one or more of the posts, each component support device including:
- a device body;
- a securing system coupled to the device body and configured for releasably securing the component support device to at least one of the equipment rack posts;
- and
- at least one wheel rotationally coupled to the device body;
- wherein in a mounted position of the component support devices in which the component support devices are secured to the equipment rack posts, the wheels of the plurality of component support devices physically support a component and facilitate movement of the component into or out of the equipment rack.
A method for moving a component into or out of an equipment rack, the method comprising:
- securing a plurality of component support devices to a plurality of posts of the equipment rack, each component support device including at least one rotatable wheel;
- supporting a component on the wheels of the component support devices secured to the equipment rack posts;
- rolling the component into or out of the equipment rack using the wheels of the component support devices secured to the equipment rack posts;
- and
- after rolling the component into or out of the equipment rack, releasing the component support devices from the respective equipment rack posts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.