Apparatus and methods for securing an equipment cabinet
AssigneeHoffman Enclosures, Inc.
InventorsRony Khalife, Kevin Roof
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Abstract
An equipment cabinet can include a cabinet section and a door supported by the cabinet section to be movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation. A door lock can be movable to a locked orientation to lock the door to the cabinet section, with the door in the closed orientation. A securing assembly that is coupled to the cabinet section can include a handle and a body. The door lock, in the locked orientation to lock the door to the cabinet section, can engage the body to block movement of the handle between the engaged orientation and the free orientation.
Claims20
An equipment cabinet comprising:
- a cabinet section;
- a door hingedly supported by the cabinet section to be movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, the door including a door lock with an arm that is movable from an unlocked orientation to a locked orientation to secure the door, relative to the cabinet section, in the closed orientation;
- and
- a securing assembly supported by the cabinet section, the securing assembly including:
- a handle that extends outside of the cabinet section to be covered by the door in the closed orientation and uncovered by the door in the open orientation;
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- a body that extends from the handle to inside of the cabinet section and is rotatable, by rotation of the handle from outside of the cabinet section, between a first orientation and a second orientation;
- the arm of the door lock:
- in the locked orientation, blocking rotation of the body from the second orientation to the first orientation;
- and
- in the unlocked orientation, permitting rotation of the body from the second orientation to the first orientation.
An equipment cabinet comprising:
- a cabinet section;
- a door supported by the cabinet section to be movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation;
- a door lock that is movable to a locked orientation to lock the door to the cabinet section, with the door in the closed orientation;
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- a securing assembly that is coupled to the cabinet section and includes:
- a handle positioned to be covered by the door when the door is in the closed orientation and uncovered by the door when the door is in the open orientation, the handle being rotatable relative to the cabinet section, between a free orientation and an engaged orientation;
- the door lock, in the locked orientation to lock the door to the cabinet section, engaging the securing assembly to block movement of the handle between the engaged orientation and the free orientation.
A method of securing an equipment cabinet, the method comprising:
- moving a door to a closed orientation relative to a cabinet section, so that the door covers a handle of a securing assembly that is secured to the cabinet section, the handle being movable relative to the cabinet section between a free orientation and an engaged orientation;
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- after moving the door to the closed orientation, operating a door lock secured to the door so that the door lock:
- locks the door to the cabinet section in the closed orientation, with the door covering the handle;
- and
- engages the securing assembly to block movement of the handle between the free and engaged orientations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.