Patent ID: 11930612
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a plurality of devices;
a rack;
a first rack shelf that is included on the rack;
a plurality of device mount pairs that each include a pair of respective device mounts;
a first horizontal device mounting subsystem that includes a plurality of pairs of horizontal mounting slots that are defined by the rack and that are each configured to receive one of the pair of respective device mounts in any of the plurality of device mount pairs to position that pair of respective device mounts in that device mount pair adjacent opposite sides of the rack in order to configure the rack with a plurality of first horizontal device slots that are each configured to house a respective device in the plurality of devices between the rack and the first rack shelf in a horizontal orientation via engagement of each respective device in the plurality of devices with at least one pair of respective device mounts in at least one device mount pair and the rack; and
a first vertical device mounting subsystem that includes a plurality of pairs of vertical mounting slots that are defined by the rack and the first rack shelf and that are each configured to receive one of the pair of respective device mounts in any of the plurality of device mount pairs to position that pair of respective device mounts in that device mount pair adjacent the rack and the first rack shelf in order to configure the rack with a plurality of first vertical device slots that are each configured to house a respective device in the plurality of devices between the rack and the first rack shelf in a vertical orientation via engagement of each respective device in the plurality of devices with at least one pair of respective device mounts in at least one device mount pair, the rack, and the first rack shelf, and wherein each pair of respective device mounts in each device mount pair is configured to be removed from the pair of vertical mounting slots in which it is located in order to allow the respective device that is positioned in a first vertical device slot provided by that device mount pair to be moved into an empty adjacent first vertical device slot provided by that device mount pair without being removed from the first device housing.