Patent ID: 6889853
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A rack for electrical equipment comprising: a base including a bottom plate having access apertures for receiving wires therethrough and mounting apertures for securing the base to a floor upon which the rack is mounted; a pair of vertically extending upright members having lower ends secured to opposite sides of the base, each upright member having a web, opposing first and second flanges projecting from the web, and openings for mounting electrical equipment thereon; a cross member extending between upper ends of the upright members; and wherein the second flanges of the upright members each includes a lower portion extending upwardly from the lower end of the upright member, an upper portion extending downwardly from the upper end of the upright member, and a tapered portion tapering towards the web between the lower and the upper portions and the base includes cut-outs accommodating the upright members, and wherein the base comprises gussets secured to the bottom plate and extending from the first flanges of the upright members, and angle inserts including vertical plates positioned parallel to and against the upright members and the gussets and horizontal plates positioned parallel to and against the bottom plate, and wherein said base further comprises at least two side channel pieces extending at an angle between said horizontal plates of said angle inserts and said vertical plates of said angle inserts, each side channel piece having two ends being respectively affixed to said horizontal plates and said vertical plates, and a central channel piece extending horizontally between the side channel pieces and the angle inserts, said central channel piece affixed to the bottom plate of the base and having two opposite ends affixed to two opposing ends of said at least two side channel pieces and edges of the horizontal plates of the angle inserts.