Patent ID: 8490799

Claim:
A telecommunications equipment rack comprising: a substantially rectangular base defining: a front side of the rack; a rear side of the rack; a left side of the rack; and a right side of the rack; four upstanding corner load bearing posts, each engaged to a respective corner of the base, the respective corners collectively defining a perimeter of the rack; an upstanding intermediate load bearing post engaged to the base and interposed between each of the two corner load bearing posts on the left side of the rack; an upstanding intermediate load bearing post engaged to the base and interposed between each of the two corner load bearing posts on the right side of the rack; a plurality of horizontal beams that are each engaged to at least one of the corner load bearing posts and at least one of the intermediate load bearing posts, the plurality of horizontal beams not engaged to the base of the rack and configured to transfer stress from the corner load bearing posts to the intermediate load bearing posts; and a vertical rail removably coupled to one of the plurality of horizontal beams, the vertical rail being a different member than the intermediate load bearing posts and configured to mount a telecommunications equipment to the rack.