Telecommunications equipment rack having improved structural strength

In a rack assembly for mounting telecommunications equipment of the type comprising a pair of upstanding spaced-apart frame members wherein each of said frame members defines an upper and a lower end;

• a horizontal frame member extending between the upper ends of said pair of upstanding spaced-apart frame members;
• and a base extending between the lower ends of said pair of upstanding spaced-apart frame members;
• the improvement wherein a reinforcement gusset is welded to the internal juncture of the lower end of each of said pair of upstanding spaced-apart frame members and the base so as to provide a welded reinforcement gusset at each opposing side of the base of the rack assembly, and wherein each reinforcement gusset comprises:
• an upwardly inclined channel member having an upper end and a lower end and defining an inverted u-shape cross section adapted to abut one of the upstanding frame members at the upper end thereof and to abut the base at the lower end thereof, and including a triangular wing member extending outwardly and downwardly from the bottom of each side of the channel so that one side of each wing member abuts the base and another side of each wing member abuts the upstanding frame member;
• wherein the rack assembly possesses enhanced structural strength due to enhanced reinforcement at the juncture of each of the pair of upstanding frame members with the base of the rack assembly.