Arm-anchored collapsible bracket for holding rack-mountable equipment

A method of installing a bracket that is disposed to hold equipment, said equipment capable of conforming to EIA-310, CEA-310, IEC 60297, DIN 41494 or equivalent rack mounting width standards, and that comprises a back member extending in a first direction along a mounting plane of the bracket and moveably connected along a first line of attachment to a first stand-off arm and moveably connected along a second line of attachment to a second stand-off arm, comprising the steps of:

• moving each of the stand-off arms in a manner that increases an extension of the stand-off arm in a second direction normal to the first direction;
• attaching to a supporting structure at least the first stand-off arm at at least one first anchor positioned on the first stand-off arm at the mounting plane of the bracket, the first line of attachment being between the back member and the at least one first anchor in the first direction;
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• attaching to a supporting structure at least the second stand-off arm at at least one second anchor positioned on the second stand-off arm at the mounting plane of the bracket, the second line of attachment being between the back member and the at least one second anchor in the first direction.

A bracket disposed to hold equipment, said equipment capable of conforming to EIA-310, CEA-310, IEC 60297, DIN 41494 or equivalent rack mounting width standards, the bracket comprising:

• two standing-off means, each for providing an equipment mounting location at a point offset by an offset distance from a supporting structure in a second direction normal to a first direction along a mounting plane of the bracket, each of the two standing-off means comprising at least one anchoring means positioned at the mounting plane of the bracket and for permitting attachment of the standing-off means to a supporting structure;
• a spacing means for spacing at least one anchoring means in one of the two standing-off means from the at least one anchoring means in the other of the two standing-off means by a spacing distance in the first direction;
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• two attachment means, each for movably attaching one of the standing-off means to the spacing means along a respective line of attachment in a manner that permits that standing-off means to be positioned when the bracket is not installed such that a dimension of that standing-off means in the second direction is smaller than when the bracket is installed, wherein the respective line of attachment is between the spacing means and the at least one anchoring means of the respective standing-off means in the first direction.