Patent ID: 6769551
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An information handling system having a rack operable to mount information handling system components therein, the rack comprising:a plurality of rack rails connected with a top support and a bottom support and defining a rack space, the plurality of rack rails having a first standard interface and a second standard interface; the first standard interface operable to facilitate the housing of information handling system components within a dedicated portion of the rack space; the second standard interface operable to facilitate the housing of at least one information handling system component within an non-dedicated portion of the rack space; a component bracket detachably coupled to a selected portion of the second standard interface of a rack rail, the component bracket operable to support an information handling system component within a portion of the non-dedicated portion of the rack space; and the component bracket comprising at least one hook and at least one latch mechanism operable to tool-lessly secure the component bracket to the second standard interface.