Patent ID: 7542288

Claim:
A chassis for housing at least one cardcage, comprising: a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, a fourth portion, a fifth portion, and a sixth portion, the first through sixth portions forming a boundary around a storage region of the chassis; at least one air moving device; at least first and second openings situated in at least two of the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, the fourth portion, the fifth portion, and the sixth portion of the chassis; the first and second openings located at substantially different elevations relative to each other and being at opposing end portions of the chassis; one of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth portions forming a top wall of the chassis, and the at least one air moving device being located generally perpendicular to the top wall at one of said first and second openings to facilitate airflow through the chassis; a cardcage located in the storage region that holds one or more electronic circuit cards, and wherein the cardcage is situated in a skewed orientation relative to the at least first and second openings, and in a skewed orientation relative to the at least one air moving device to facilitate airflow thereacross.