Locking Mechanisms for Retaining Two Swinging Panels and Apparatus and Enclosures Including a Locking Mechanism for Retaining Two Swinging Panels

Abstract

A telecommunications enclosure including a housing is disclosed. A first panel is operatively coupled to the housing for pivotal movement between a first position and a second position. A second panel is operatively coupled to the housing for pivotal movement between a first position and a second position. The telecommunications enclosure includes a lock operable to retain the first panel in the first position when the second panel is in the second position and to retain the second panel in the first position when the first panel is in the second position. The telecommunications enclosure includes at least one fiber optic splitter mounted on the first panel and a termination field mounted on the second panel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.