Enhanced telecommunications cabinet assembly having movable wiring interconnect management tray removably supporting modular interconnect panels

An enhanced telecommunications cabinet assembly for enclosing wiring interconnections, said cabinet assembly comprising:

• (a) a chassis having a bottom wall and a pair of opposite sidewalls attached along a pair of opposite side portions of said bottom wall and extending upwardly therefrom so as to define an interior cavity in said chassis between said sidewalls and above said bottom wall thereof, said chassis further having a pair of lower guide members spaced apart from one another and each attached on said bottom wall adjacent to one of said sidewalls, a pair of upper guide members each formed on and extending along an upper end portion of one of said sidewalls, a pair of first fastener elements spaced apart from one another and attached to and protruding upwardly from a rear end portion of said bottom wall, a pair of first hinge elements spaced apart from one another and attached to a front end portion of said bottom wall, a pair of second fastener elements spaced apart from one another and attached to a front end portion of one of said sidewalls, and a hook element attached to and projecting upwardly from said bottom wall intermediate between said front and rear end portions thereof;
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• (b) a movable interconnect management adapter tray positioned in said interior cavity of said chassis by said lower guide members on said bottom wall of said chassis, said movable adapter tray capable of undergoing at least one of being lifted upward relative to said bottom wall for removal from said interior cavity of said chassis or being slidably moved forward and backward along said lower guide members on said bottom wall toward and away from said front and rear end portions of said bottom wall of said chassis, said movable adapter tray having a plurality of upright posts and means disposed rearwardly of said upright posts for receiving said hook element on said bottom wall of said chassis to limit forward sliding movement of said movable adapter tray along said lower guide members and relative to said bottom wall, said movable adapter tray also having a pair of third fastener elements spaced apart and mounted thereon for releasably fastening to said second fastener elements on said rear end portion of said bottom wall of said chassis to secure said movable adapter tray within said interior cavity of said chassis, said movable adapter tray further having a plurality of tongue plates attached thereto and extending forwardly therefrom and defining slots for receiving cable tie elements;
• (c) a plurality of modular interconnect panels removably mounted on said upright posts of said movable tray;
• (d) a removable front cover for enclosing said interior cavity of said chassis between front ends of said opposite sidewalls thereof, said front cover having a pair of second hinge elements spaced apart and attached to a lower end portion of said front cover and removably coupled to said first hinge elements of said chassis for mounting said front cover in place on said chassis so as to block access to a front side of said movable adapter tray and modular interconnect panels thereon and for removing said front cover from said chassis so as to provide access to said front side of said movable adapter tray and modular interconnect panels thereon and allow sliding movement of said movable adapter tray between said front and rear end portions of said bottom wall of said chassis, said front cover also having a pair of fourth fastener elements spaced apart and mounted thereon for releasably fastening to said second fastener elements on said front end portions of said sidewalls of said chassis to secure said front cover in place on said chassis;
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• (e) a top cover for enclosing said interior cavity of said chassis above said bottom wall thereof and between said upper end portions and rear end portions of said sidewalls thereof, said top cover having a pair of outer guide members each formed on one of a pair of opposite side portions of said top cover for removably slidably interfitting with said upper guide member on one of said upper edge portions of said sidewalls of said chassis to allow sliding movement of said top cover forward toward and rearward from said rear end portions of said sidewalls of said chassis for mounting said top cover in place on said chassis so as to block access to said movable adapter tray from above and for removing said top and rear cover from said chassis so as to provide access to said movable adapter tray from above.