Patent ID: 7591056

Claim:
A method for converting a two-post equipment rack to support four-post loads, the method comprising: coupling independent four-post replicating mounting points on the two-post equipment rack, said four-post replicating mounting points operable to support the four-post loads, wherein said mounting points comprise two or more independent coupling members, and wherein each coupling member is operable to vertically support the four-post loads at a first lateral end and to attach to only one respective post at a second lateral end; attaching equipment configured to couple to four-post equipment racks to a first lateral end of a first coupling member; attaching a second lateral end of the first coupling member to a first post of a two-post equipment rack; attaching the equipment configured to couple to four-post equipment racks to a first lateral end of a second coupling member; and attaching a second lateral end of the second coupling member to a second post of the two-post equipment rack.