Interchangeable rack system

摘要

Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to rack systems for housing computing devices. The rack may include shelves supported by flanges of a pair of corresponding inserts. The flanges may be spaced along the length of each of the inserts. The distance between the flanges may define the height of a shelf when placed in the rack. The pair of corresponding inserts may be placed along an inner sidewall of the rack by mating hooks of the inserts with corresponding slots of the inner sidewall and subsequently removed by demating the hooks and slots. For example, a pair of inserts with one distance between the flanges may be replaced by a pair of inserts with another distance between the flanges in order to increase the shelf height of the rack. By replacing the shelves and/or the inserts, a user may quickly and easily in order to reconfigure the rack.

主权项

1. A kit adapted for assembly into a plurality of different rack configurations for housing one or more computing components, the kit comprising:
a rack including a first side wall having a first inner surface and a second sidewall having a second inner surface, the first and second inner surfaces each including a vertical length greater than a width, the first inner surface including a first plurality of sidewall slots arranged along the vertical length and the width of the first inner surface, and the second inner surface including a second plurality of sidewall slots arranged along the vertical length and the width of the second inner surface, the width of the first and second inner surfaces comprising a depth of the rack; and a first pair of corresponding inserts and a second pair of corresponding inserts, the first and second pairs of corresponding inserts configured to extend along the vertical length of the first and second inner surfaces of the respective first and second sidewalls, and each of the first and second pairs of corresponding inserts further comprising:
a first insert comprising:an interior surface, an opposed exterior surface, and a thickness extending between the interior and exterior surfaces; a first plurality of hooks extending away from the exterior surface and arranged along a vertical length of the first insert to removably mate with the first plurality of sidewall slots arranged along the first sidewall and to secure the first insert to the first sidewall such that the exterior surface of the first insert faces the first inner surface of the first sidewall; a first plurality of insert slots extending through the thickness and along the vertical length of the first insert; and a first plurality of flanges extending away from the interior surface of the first insert and spaced at a first flange distance away from one another, each insert slot of the first plurality of insert slots corresponding to a flange of the first plurality of flanges, the first plurality of flanges extending outwardly and away from the first plurality of insert slots; anda second insert comprising:an interior surface, an opposed exterior surface, and a thickness extending between the interior and exterior surfaces; a second plurality of hooks extending away from the exterior surface and arranged along a vertical length of the second insert to removably mate with the second plurality of sidewall slots in the second sidewall and to secure the second insert to the second sidewall such that the exterior surface of the second insert faces the second inner surface of the second sidewall; a second plurality of insert slots extending through the thickness and along the vertical length of the second insert; and a second plurality of flanges extending away from the interior surface of the second insert and spaced at the first flange distance away from one another, each insert slot of the second plurality of insert slots corresponding to a flange of the second plurality of flanges, the second plurality of flanges extending outwardly and away from the second plurality of insert slots, wherein the first insert of the first pair of inserts and the first insert of the second pair of inserts are arranged adjacent one another when secured to the first sidewall, and wherein the first plurality of flanges of the first insert of the first pair of inserts and the first plurality of flanges of the first insert of the second pair of inserts are aligned with one another so as to form a plurality of rows of aligned flanges extending along the depth of the rack, andwherein the first plurality of flanges of the first inserts of the first and second pairs of inserts and the second plurality of flanges of the second inserts of the first and second pair of inserts support shelves of a first height between the first and second inserts of each of the first and second pairs of corresponding inserts.