Pay telephone architecture

A pay telephone comprising:

• a front housing assembly having a plurality of electronic modules mounted therein;
• a rear housing assembly;
• a rear board housing containing main electronics necessary for the operation of the pay telephone, said rear board housing rotatably mounted within said rear housing assembly;
• an interconnect board mounted in said front housing assembly and electrically connected to said plurality of modules mounted in said front housing assembly;
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• a multiconductor cable coupled to said interconnect board and said main electronics disposed within said rear board housing such that all of the electronic communication between the modules mounted in said front housing assembly and said main electronics mounted within said rear board housing pass through said interconnect board;
• said front housing assembly comprising front vertical opposing sidewalls and said rear housing assembly comprising opposing rear vertical sidewalls;
• locking hooks disposed on both of said front vertical sidewalls;
• locking receiving plates comprising locking received slots formed therein and fixed to each of said rear vertical sidewalls, said locking receiving slots operable to receive and engage with said locking hooks such that said front housing assembly is coupled to said rear housing assembly along opposing sidewalls;
• a hinge mounted to said front housing assembly and said rear housing assembly and operable to allow the vertical and horizontal translation of said front housing assembly with respect to said rear housing assembly and the rotation of front housing assembly away from the rear housing assembly in conjunction with said vertical and horizontal translation.