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US 5,960,592 AGranted
Protective enclosure for outdoor equipment
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsPeter F. Lilienthal, II, Ivan Pawlenko
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Abstract
A protective enclosure for equipment situated out of doors. The enclosure is formed as hollow panels by a blow molding process and allows the introduction at the installation site of protective material into any desired ones of the internal cavities of the panels, thereby reducing manufacturing and transportation costs.
Claims13
A protective enclosure for outdoor equipment comprising:
- a top panel including an outer top panel wall, an inner top panel wall spaced from said outer top panel wall, at least one connecting top panel wall joining said inner and outer top panel walls to define a top panel cavity surrounded by all of said top panel walls, and at least one opening through one of said top panel walls communicating with said top panel cavity;
- a bottom panel including an outer bottom panel wall, an inner bottom panel wall spaced from said outer bottom panel wall, at least one connecting bottom panel wall joining said inner and outer bottom panel walls to define a bottom panel cavity surrounded by all of said bottom panel walls, and at least one opening through one of said bottom panel walls communicating with said bottom panel cavity;
- at least one side panel including an outer side panel wall, an inner side panel wall spaced from said outer side panel wall, at least one connecting side panel wall joining said inner and outer side panel walls to define a side panel cavity surrounded by all of said side panel walls, and at least one opening through one of said side panel walls communicating with said side panel cavity, said at least one side panel extending between said top and bottom panels to form an interior space bounded by said top and bottom panels and said at least one side panel;
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- a plurality of caps each for sealing a respective one of said openings.
2 more elements
A method for providing at an outdoor site a protective enclosure for equipment, comprising the steps of:
- providing a top panel including an outer top panel wall, an inner top panel wall spaced from said outer top panel wall, at least one connecting top panel wall joining said inner and outer top panel walls to define a top panel cavity surrounded by all of said top panel walls;
- providing a bottom panel including an outer bottom panel wall, an inner bottom panel wall spaced from said outer bottom panel wall, at least one connecting bottom panel wall joining said inner and outer bottom panel walls to define a bottom panel cavity surrounded by all of said bottom panel walls;
- providing at least one side panel including an outer side panel wall, an inner side panel wall spaced from said outer side panel wall, at least one connecting side panel wall joining said inner and outer side panel walls to define a side panel cavity surrounded by all of said side panel walls;
- transporting said panels to said site;
- assembling said panels into an enclosure with said at least one side panel extending between said top and bottom panels to form an interior space bounded by said top and bottom panels and said at least one side panel;
- providing equipment;
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- installing said equipment in the interior space bounded by said panels.
5 more elements
A method for protecting equipment, comprising the steps of:
- providing a top panel including an outer top panel wall, an inner top panel wall spaced from said outer top panel wall, at least one connecting top panel wall joining said inner and outer top panel walls to define a top panel cavity surrounded by all of said top panel walls;
- providing a bottom panel including an outer bottom panel wall, an inner bottom panel wall spaced from said outer bottom panel wall, at least one connecting bottom panel wall joining said inner and outer bottom panel walls to define a bottom panel cavity surrounded by all of said bottom panel walls;
- providing at least one side panel including an outer side panel wall, an inner side panel wall spaced from said outer side panel wall, at least one connecting side panel wall joining said inner and outer side panel walls to define a side panel cavity surrounded by all of said side panel walls;
- assembling said panels into an enclosure with said at least one side panel extending between said top and bottom panels to form an interior space bounded by said top and bottom panels and said at least one side panel;
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- installing equipment in the interior space bounded by said panels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.