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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Michael Boraas, Elgin, MN (US);
Aaron Hegrenes, Rochester, MN (US);
Nathan Karl, Rochester, MN (US);
David Lund, Byron, MN (US);
Michael Boraas, Elgin, MN (US);
Aaron Hegrenes, Rochester, MN (US);
Nathan Karl, Rochester, MN (US);
David Lund, Byron, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A novel caster assembly with a horizontally orientated arm is attached to a base plate of a rack during a travel state and a stored state. A leveling foot with a flat portion and a non-flat portion is inserted through a slot on the arm and a hole on the base plate such that during the travel state, the horizontal orientated arm is in a fully extended position, and during the stored state, the horizontal orientated arm is in a non- extended position.