Patent ID: 6705625
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A47B,B60B,E04F

Abstract:
A method for arranging casters on a cabinet to support a load in the cabinet on an access floor, the access floor having a plurality of panels with each panel having a side length S, the method comprising:designing the cabinet with first and second sides with the length of each of the first and second sides being at least twice a distance a, wherein S/2designing the cabinet with third and fourth sides with the length of each of the third and fourth sides being at least twice a distance b, wherein b>{square root over (2S)}âˆ’a; placing four corner casters on each corner of the cabinet; placing casters along each of the first and second sides of the cabinet at the distance b from one another and from adjacent corner casters; and placing casters along each of third and fourth sides of the cabinet at the distance b from one another and from adjacent corner casters, whereby three or less of the casters distribute the load of the cabinet to any one panel of the access floor at any given orientation of the cabinet.