Patent ID: 8128183

Claim:
A rack system for housing electronic and/or electrical equipment, comprising: a rectangular base frame having four horizontal support members each extending along a longitudinal axis; a rectangular top frame having four horizontal support members each extending along a longitudinal axis; and four elongated vertical support members each extending along a longitudinal axis between and joined to two associated corners of the rectangular base frame and the rectangular top frame, wherein the horizontal support members of the rectangular base frame and the rectangular top frame and the vertical support members have a same substantially A-frame cross-section and each support member is made from an elongated sheet material extending along a longitudinal axis by bending the sheet material about an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sheet material to form at least three elongated sections including a first section and a second section and a third section extending between approximately mid-point of the first section and approximately mid-point of the second section and defined by a center segment on a first plane and two co-planar adjacent segments on a second plane, where the first and second planes are parallel planes; wherein the center segment is connected to the co-planar adjacent segments by two perpendicular segments.