Patent ID: 9016696
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An air seal suitable for and intended for retrofit installation on an underside of an elevated server rack to close an existing space between the server rack and an underlying floor surface on which the server rack is supported, the server rack being of predetermined width having a downwardly facing, transversely disposed and generally horizontal surface adjacent at least one of a front or back of said server rack which surface is elevated a distance above said underlying floor surface, said air seal comprising an elongated support member formed of substantially rigid material and having, in cross sectional configuration, upper and lower support portions disposed substantially at right angles to each other, said elongated support member having a length corresponding closely with the predetermined width of said server rack, an adhesive strip element on an upper surface of said upper support portion, said adhesive strip element having an upwardly facing adhesive surface to adhesively secure said upper support portion to said elevated, downwardly facing horizontal surface, said upper support portion being formed with recesses at opposite ends thereof to accommodate legs or wheels at sides of the server rack, said lower support portion of said elongated support member extending downward from said upper support portion in an installed position of said elongated support member and said lower support portion having a lower edge, and an elongated strip of elastically flexible material having an upper portion secured to a surface of said lower support portion and extending substantially the full length of said lower support portion said elongated sealing strip of flexible material having an unsupported flexible lower portion extending downward below the lower edge of said lower support portion a distance such that, when said upper support portion is installed on said downwardly facing elevated surface, a lower portion of said strip of flexible material will engage and be resiliently displaced by said underlying floor surface to form an air seal between said floor surface and said downwardly facing surface of said server rack, said elongated sealing strip being sufficiently flexible to enable said support member and said sealing strip to be manually inserted into the existing space between said downwardly facing surface and said floor surface and pressed upwardly to adhere said adhesive strip to said downwardly facing surface.