Patent ID: 7134558

Claim:
A support for supporting a load in a rack system of either a two-post or four-post design, said support comprising: a base; said base having an upper surface capable of supporting the load and having at least two longitudinal flanges extending along at least a portion of a longitudinal dimension of the base; and at least one means, for each longitudinal flange, for securely attaching the base to the rack system, the means for securely attaching adapted to enable attaching the base to rack systems having at least two different designs, wherein each different design is associated with at least one different location along the longitudinal dimension of the base for attaching the base using the longitudinal flange, and wherein at least one of the means for securely attaching the base to the rack system comprises a bracket adapted to attach to at least one of the longitudinal flanges at one or more fixed locations, and wherein the bracket comprises: a first flange adapted to attach to at least one of the longitudinal flanges of the base; and a second flange adapted to attach to a post of the rack system.