Patent ID: 6481582
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A rack comprising an upright open rectangular frame having first and second opposite faces, said frame comprising a base, sides and a head, each of the sides comprising an elongate upright having in transverse cross-section a web in a plane generally perpendicular to the frame and at least a first flange extending inward from the web with respect to the frame at its first face, said base having opposite ends and said uprights extending up from said ends of the base, said base comprising at least a first elongate generally rectangular base plate spanning the first flanges at the lower ends of the uprights on the first face of the frame, said base plate having end edges extending at an angle with respect to the length of the plate, said first flanges of said uprights having squaring surfaces engageable by respective end edges of said base plate to maintain the plate and uprights in squared-up perpendicular positions relative to one another, and fasteners securing together the base plate and the uprights.