Patent ID: 6863188

Claim:
A universal installation kit for installing a built-in unit to vertical frame legs of a rack, the universal installation kit comprising: an installation rail ( 10 ) positionable between two of the vertical frame legs ( 20 and 25 , 20 . 1 and 25 . 1 ) of the rack in a depth direction, the installation rail ( 10 ) including a horizontally oriented fastening plate ( 11 ) with a plurality of rows ( 12 . 1 to 12 .n) of aligned fastening bores ( 13 ) in a longitudinal direction of fastening plate ( 11 ), each of the plurality of rows ( 12 . 1 to 12 .n) of aligned fastening bores disposed at a different predetermined horizontal installation depth (a, b, c, d) of the installation kit, at least one of an L-shaped fastening elbow ( 40 ), a Z-shaped fastening elbow ( 30 ) or a device-specific installation adapter ( 50 ) connected to the installation rail ( 10 ) at one of the plurality of rows ( 12 . 1 to 12 .n) of aligned fastening bores ( 13 ) for forming an additional installation depth (a′, b′, c′), the fastening plate ( 11 ) having an angled-off fastening flange ( 14 ) on at least one end and a plurality of fastening receivers ( 16 , 17 ) for connecting the installation rail ( 10 ) to one of the vertical frame legs ( 20 ), the rows ( 12 . 1 to 12 .n) of the fastening bores ( 13 ) of the fastening plate ( 11 ) each comprising at least two of the fastening bores ( 13 ), and a fastening leg ( 31 , 33 , 41 , 42 , 53 , 55 ) of one of the fastening elbows ( 30 , 40 ) or the installation adapters ( 50 ) having one of fastening bores ( 32 , 34 , 56 ) and second fastening receivers ( 43 , 44 , 54 ) matched to the fastening bores ( 13 ) of one of the rows ( 12 . 1 to 12 .n) or the fastening receives ( 16 , 17 ).