Patent ID: 9456520
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A47B,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A server frame system for securing equipment thereto, the server frame system includes a server frame having four corner posts secured between a base structure and a top structure, each corner post has a side wall and an end wall thereby defining a pair of sides, a front of the server frame and a rear of the server frame, each corner post further has a plurality of standard EIA-310 openings to receive ends of a standard outer rail configured to secure and support the equipment to the server frame, the system comprising: four interior posts, each interior post has a base plate and has an arm plate extending from the base plate inwardly such that the arm plate is facing a diametrically opposed arm plate on an opposite corner of the server frame, each interior post is attached about one of the four corner posts, and each arm plate includes rail apertures extending along a portion of the interior posts; and a pair of secondary outer rails, separately and removably attached from the front to the rear of each side of the server frame, each secondary outer rail has a rear end and a front end with rear facing hooks positioned on both the rear end and the front end of the secondary outer rail, and wherein the rear facing hooks being configured to slide into and engage the rail apertures on the interior posts, and wherein when the pair of secondary outer rails are attached to the interior posts, the secondary outer rails are configured to receive inner rails secured to equipment for sliding the equipment into and out of the server frame.