Corner-mount electronics cabinet
AssigneeKendall Howard L.L.C.
InventorsKenneth Randall Herreid, II, Joshua Lee Wickander
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Abstract
A cabinet for holding electronic equipment includes a first rear frame, a second rear frame, and a front frame. The second rear frame is oriented substantially orthogonal to the first rear frame. The front frame is secured to both the first rear frame and the second rear frame. The front frame includes an electronic equipment mounting element for mounting at least one of electronic equipment or a support for holding electronic equipment.
Claims19
A corner-mountable cabinet for supporting and storing rack-mountable electronic equipment, the cabinet comprising:
- a first rear frame;
- a second rear frame oriented substantially orthogonal to the first rear frame, wherein the first rear frame and the second rear frame at least partially define a chamfer, the first and second rear frames being configured to be corner-mountable;
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- a front frame secured to both the first rear frame and the second rear frame, the front frame comprising:
- an equipment opening frame portion including an equipment opening substantially parallel to the chamfer, wherein a width of the equipment opening is sized to receive at least one of at least 19 inch rack-mountable electronic equipment;
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- an access opening frame portion including an access opening and disposed between the equipment opening and at least one of the first rear frame and the second rear frame;
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- electronic equipment mounting brackets supported by the equipment opening frame portion and arranged on opposite sides of the front door opening, the electronic equipment mounting brackets comprising:
- a pair of rails comprising vertically extending elongate strips;
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- a plurality of spaced fastener openings arranged in a row in each of the pair of rails, the fastener openings extending through the vertically extending elongate strips;
- wherein the pair of rails and the plurality of spaced openings are positioned in the cabinet for mounting the at least 19 inch rack-mountable electronic equipment onto the electronic equipment mounting brackets.
A corner-mountable cabinet for supporting and storing rack-mountable electronic equipment, the cabinet comprising:
- a first rear frame;
- a second rear frame oriented substantially orthogonal to the first rear frame, wherein the first rear frame and the second rear frame each comprise at least one mounting slot and are configured to be corner-mountable, and wherein the first rear frame and the second rear frame at least partially define a chamfer;
- a front frame secured to both the first rear frame and the second rear frame, the front frame comprising:
- an equipment opening frame portion including an equipment opening substantially parallel to the chamfer, wherein a width of the equipment opening is sized to receive at least one of at least 19 inch rack-mountable electronic equipment;
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- an access opening frame portion including an access opening and disposed between the equipment opening and at least one of the first rear frame and the second rear frame;
- electronic equipment mounting brackets supported by the equipment opening frame portion and arranged on opposite sides of the front door opening, the electronic equipment mounting brackets comprising:
- a pair of rails comprising vertically extending elongate strips;
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- a plurality of spaced fastener openings arranged in a row in each rail of the pair of rails, the fastener openings extending through the vertically extending elongate strips;
- wherein the pair of rails and the plurality of spaced fastener openings are positioned in the cabinet for mounting the at least 19 inch rack-mountable electronic equipment onto the electronic equipment mounting brackets;
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- a wall mounting bracket comprising:
- a first rail comprising a first cabinet-mounting element;
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- a second rail comprising a second cabinet-mounting element, the second rail oriented substantially orthogonal to the first rail, wherein each of the first and second cabinet-mounting elements is adapted to mate with one of the at least one mounting slots, and wherein each of the first rail and the second rail are adapted to be secured to a wall.
A corner-mount electronics cabinet for supporting and storing rack-mountable electronic equipment therein, the corner-mount electronics cabinet comprising:
- a top wall;
- a bottom wall;
- a rear frame extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, the rear frame including:
- a first rear frame;
- a second rear frame substantially orthogonal to the first rear frame;
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- a chamfer formed at an intersection between the first rear frame and the second rear frame;
- a front frame coupled to and extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and also coupled to the rear frame, the front frame comprising:
- a front door frame portion arranged substantially diagonal to the first rear frame and the second rear frame, wherein the front door frame portion defines a front door opening, wherein a width of the front door opening is sized to receive at least 19 inch rack-mountable electronic equipment;
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- at least one access panel frame portion adjacent to the front door frame portion;
- a door hingedly coupled to the front door frame portion to move between a closed position in which the door covers the front door opening, and an open position;
- electronic equipment mounting brackets coupled to the front door frame portion and arranged vertically on opposite sides of the front door opening, the electronic equipment mounting brackets including:
- a pair of vertical rails formed of elongate strips of one or more materials, faces of the vertical rails being oriented toward a front of the front door opening;
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- a plurality of regularly spaced fastener openings arranged in a row in each of the vertical rails and extending through the vertical rails and through the faces;
- wherein the pair of vertical rails and the plurality of regularly spaced fastener openings are positioned for mounting of the at least 19 inch rack-mountable electronic equipment onto the electronic equipment mounting brackets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.