In-ceiling zone cabling enclosure

An in-ceiling cabling enclosure for supporting communications network equipment and cables interconnecting the network equipment, said enclosure comprising:

• a front wall, a rear wall, and two opposed side walls extending between said front wall and said rear wall creating a volume inside said enclosure;
• an access door assembly pivotally connected to said opposed side walls, said access door assembly including a slot extending along each of opposed side edges of said access door assembly;
• an equipment mount plate attached to said access door assembly, said equipment mount plate having lateral edges extending along each side of said equipment mount plate adjacent each of said slot of said access door assembly;
• a space in said access door assembly defined between each of said slot and each of said lateral edges of said equipment mount plate:
• a reinforcing bracket attached to said access door assembly;
• said reinforcing bracket located in said space in said access door assembly adjacent an edge of said access door assembly;
• a plurality of aligned apertures extending through each of said side wall of said enclosure, through said access door assembly adjacent opposed edges of said access door assembly, and through a portion of each said reinforcing bracket;
• and a removable pin extending through each of said aligned apertures, said pin pivotally attaching said access door assembly to said side walls.

An in-ceiling cabling enclosure for supporting active and passive communications network equipment and cables interconnecting the active and passive network equipment, said enclosure comprising:

• a front wall, a rear wall, and two opposed side walls extending between said front wall and said rear wall creating a volume inside said enclosure;
• an access door assembly pivotally connected to one of said rear wall and said two opposed side walls;
• an equipment mount plate attached to an inside surface of said access door assembly;
• a pair of opposed side equipment mount brackets moveably attached to said equipment mount plate, said side equipment mount brackets extending perpendicular to said equipment mount plate;
• each said opposed side equipment mount bracket including a first rail adapted to attach passive network equipment to one of said equipment mount brackets, a second rail adapted to attach cable management equipment to one of said equipment mount brackets, and a third rail adapted to attach active equipment to one of said equipment mount brackets.

An in-ceiling cabling enclosure for supporting communications network equipment and cables interconnecting the network equipment, said enclosure comprising:

• a front wall, a rear wall, and two opposed side walls extending between said front wall and said rear wall creating a volume in said enclosure;
• an access door assembly pivotally connected to one of said rear wall and said two side walls, said access door assembly pivoting through an arc of ninety degrees between a first position opening said enclosure and a second position closing said enclosure;
• at least one air vent in said access door assembly, said at least one air vent adapted to convey air from outside said enclosure to said volume inside said enclosure;
• an equipment mount plate attached to an interior surface of said access door assembly, a space located between said equipment mount plate and said interior surface of said access door assembly;
• a first aperture in said access door assembly and a second aperture in said equipment mount plate, said first aperture aligned with said second aperture;
• an exhaust fan assembly disposed in said space between said access door assembly and said equipment mount plate, said exhaust fan assembly aligned with said first and second apertures;
• opposed equipment mount rails removably attached to said equipment mount plate;
• a horizontal cable slack management tray attached to each of said opposed equipment mount rails creating a sub volume in said enclosure, said sub volume extending between said equipment mount plate, said slack management tray, and said opposed equipment mount rails;
• said slack management tray including shear-forms adapted to secure bundles of cables in said enclosure against movement relative to said slack management tray;
• said shear-forms adapted to secure said bundles of cables at locations in the enclosure away from said at least one air vent and away from said apertures and said exhaust fan assembly.