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US 2026/0114614 A1Published application
Audio component rack system and method of mounting components in a rack
OwnerRohan Anthony Slacksinventor
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Abstract
In a rack mount system, audio or other rack mounted components are mounted in a vertical arrangement in vertically arranged bay locations. To prevent damage to the components when inserting or removing components from the rack, a protective sheet member is placed on the top of the components. The protective sheet member on a first component receives contact from a second component being either inserted or removed from the rack, and prevents damage to either component.
Claims16
An audio component rack system, comprising:
- a rack including a first side wall and a second side wall opposite the first side wall, a top and a bottom, a front and a rear, a first vertical support at the front adjacent the first side wall, and a second vertical support at the front adjacent the second side wall, the first vertical support and the second vertical support including a plurality of fastener locations disposed along the first vertical support and the second vertical support that are horizontally aligned between the first vertical support and the second vertical support and corresponding to a respective bay location of a plurality of bay locations that are vertically ordered in the rack;
- a plurality of components, each component of the plurality of components mounted in a respective bay location of the plurality of bay locations, each component having a case and a face plate, the face plate having lateral extensions on each side of the case that include fastener location that align with the fastener locations in the first and second vertical supports, and wherein each component is supported in the rack solely by fasteners that couple the face plate at the lateral extensions to the first and second vertical supports at the fastener locations;
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- a plurality of sheet members, each sheet member of the plurality of sheet members disposed on a top of the case of a respective component of the plurality of components.
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A method of mounting components in an audio component rack system, comprising:
- providing a rack including a first side wall and a second side wall opposite the first side wall, a top and a bottom, a front and a rear, a first vertical support at the front adjacent the first side wall, and a second vertical support at the front adjacent the second side wall, the first vertical support and the second vertical support including a plurality of fastener locations disposed along the first vertical support and the second vertical support that are horizontally aligned between the first vertical support and the second vertical support and corresponding to a respective bay location of a plurality of bay locations that are vertically ordered in the rack;
- placing, on a top of a case of a first component, a first sheet member;
- positioning the first component, including the first sheet member, in a first bay location of the plurality of bay locations in the rack;
- fastening the first component to the first vertical support and the second vertical support, wherein the first component is supported in the rack solely by fasteners coupling the first component to the first and second vertical supports;
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- positioning a second component in a second bay location that is vertically adjacent and above the first bay location and mounting the second component in the second bay location wherein the second component is supported in the rack solely by fasteners coupling the second component to the first and second vertical supports.
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A method for protecting audio components in a rack mount system, comprising:
- providing a rack having a plurality of vertically arranged bay locations;
- providing a first audio component and a second audio component, each of the first and second audio components having a case that is sized to fit into one of the plurality of vertically arranged bay locations;
- placing a first protective sheet member on a top of the case of the first audio component;
- placing a second protective sheet member on a top of the case of the second audio component;
- mounting the first audio component with the first protective sheet member in a first bay location of the plurality of vertically arranged bay locations;
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- mounting the second audio component with the second protective sheet member in a second bay location of the plurality of vertically arranged bay locations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.