Patent ID: 8317037

Claim:
A rack system for supporting one or more information handling systems, comprising: a rack; and one or more rails coupled to the rack and configured to support one or more information handling systems; wherein at least one of the rails includes: an upper support structure having a front end proximate to a front end of the rail and extending toward a back end of the rail; a lower support structure having a front end proximate to the front end of the rail and extending toward the back end of the rail; a slot defined between the upper and lower support structures, the slot having a front end opening proximate to the front end of the rail, and the slot extending toward the back end of the rail; wherein the slot is configured to receive a guide structure of the information handling system; and a shelf extending from the lower support structure and extending forward from the front end opening of the slot and extending in a substantially horizontal plane, wherein: the shelf is configured to support a portion of the information handling system when the guide structure is not received in the slot; and, the shelf in its entirety is more proximate to the front end of the rail than is the front end of the upper support structure.