Patent ID: 7255234

Claim:
A rack-mount storage system, comprising: an equipment cabinet having a first side and a second side, said equipment cabinet defining at least one device opening therein; a first device sized to be received by the device opening, said first device defining a first mounting pathway therein, said first device having a first chassis sized to receive at least one component of said first device, at least a portion of said first chassis defining at least a portion of said first mounting pathway; and a support spar being sized to be received by the first mounting pathway and being sized to engage said equipment cabinet, said support spar engaging the first mounting pathway and said equipment cabinet, said support spar extending substantially transversely between the first and second sides of said equipment cabinet to support said first device in said equipment cabinet, wherein said first chassis comprises a channel member therein, a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the first mounting pathway is defined by said channel member and the bottom surface of said first chassis so that when said support spar is received by the first mounting pathway, said support spar does not extend downwardly beyond the bottom surface of said first chassis.