Patent ID: 6962262
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: F16B,H02B

Abstract:
1. A corner connector of a rack frame, the rack frame including a plurality of rail members, each rail member of the plurality of rail members having a plurality of holes, comprising in combination: a base member having a plurality of holes and a reinforcing rib coupled to said base member; a pair of leg members, each having a plurality of holes, each one of said pair of leg members including a reinforcing rib coupled to each one of said pair of leg members, a first leg member of said pair of leg members substantially perpendicular to a second leg member of said pair of leg members and each one of said pair of leg members substantially perpendicular to said base member; a portion of said base member including one rail stop, a portion of said one rail stop adjacent to a portion of each one of said pair of leg members; a portion of said base member and a portion of said first leg member of said pair of leg members having a first inner slot, a portion of said base member and a portion of said second leg member of said pair of leg members having a second inner slot, and a portion of said first leg member and a portion of said second leg member having a third inner slot; said first inner slot adapted to receive one end of a first rail member of said plurality of rail members of said rack frame, said second inner slot adapted to receive one end of a second rail member of said plurality of rail members of said rack frame and said third inner slot adapted to receive one end of a third rail member of said plurality of rail members of said rack frame, said one rail stop preventing contact of said one end of said first rail member of said rack frame with both said one end of said second rail member of said rack frame and said one end of said third rail member of said rack frame; and a plurality of fasteners adapted to selectively couple said plurality of rail members of said rack frame to said base member and to each one of said pair of leg members of said corner connector thereby providing a corner portion of said rack frame.