Configurable enclosure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10833496-B2
Application number	US-201916667640-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2019
Priority date	Mar 29, 2011
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

A configurable enclosure including a cover operably attached to a base. The base includes a wall disposed along a perimeter of a bottom surface and a bottom surface having first and second removable portions configured to be peeled away from the base portion to create an opening through the bottom surface. Moreover, the bottom surface includes thin sections located between first and second tracks that extend around outer edges of each of the removable portions. Actuators are operably attached to the first and second tracks, wherein through actuation of the actuator, the removable portions peel away from the base to create an opening through the bottom surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A configurable enclosure for housing broadband equipment, the configurable enclosure comprising:
a base; and
a cover coupled with the base, the cover being configured to physically cover an interior of the configurable enclosure in a closed position;
wherein a bottom surface of the base includes a first removable portion configured to be released from the base, the first removable portion being surrounded by a first track,
wherein the bottom surface of the base includes a second removable portion configured to be released from the base, the second removable portion being surrounded by a second track and including the first removable portion,
wherein the first removable portion is disposed within the second removable portion on the bottom surface of the base such that the second removable portion includes a first edge having a portion shared with a first edge of the first removable portion and a second edge having a portion shared with a second edge of the first removable portion,
wherein the first track includes a first portion that is aligned with a first portion of the second track and a second portion aligned with a second portion of the second track, the first portion of the first track being separated from the first portion of the second track by a void configured as a curved slit,
wherein a first actuator is positioned on the first track and a second actuator is positioned on the second track,
wherein the first removable portion and the first track are configured to be separated from the base through manipulation of the first actuator and the first track in a first direction, thereby creating a first opening through the bottom surface without disturbing the second track, and
wherein the second removable portion and the second track are configured to be separated from the base through the manipulation of the first actuator and the first track in the first direction and manipulation of the second actuator and the second track in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, thereby creating a second opening through the bottom surface that is larger than the first opening.

2. The configurable enclosure of claim 1 ,
wherein the void prevents the manipulation of the first actuator and the first track from separating the second removable portion and the second track from the base.

3. The configurable enclosure of claim 1 ,
wherein the first removable portion, the first track, the second removable portion, and the second track are configured such that the first removable portion and the first track are separable from the base before the second removable portion and the second track are separated from the base.

4. The configurable enclosure of claim 1 ,
wherein the first removable portion, the first track, the second removable portion, and the second track are configured such that the second track and a portion of the second removable portion are separable from the base before the first removable portion and the first track are separated from the base.

5. A configurable enclosure for housing broadband equipment, the configurable enclosure comprising:
a base; and
a cover configured to be coupled with the base to physically cover an interior of the configurable enclosure in a closed position;
wherein a surface of the base includes a first removable portion configured to be released from the base, the first removable portion being surrounded by a first track,
wherein the surface of the base includes a second removable portion configured to be released from the base, the second removable portion being surrounded by a second track and including the first removable portion,
wherein the second removable portion includes a first edge shared with a first edge of the first removable portion and a second edge shared with a second edge of the first removable portion,
wherein the first track includes a first portion that is aligned with a first portion of the second track and a second portion aligned with a second portion of the second track, the first portion of the first track being separated from the first portion of the second track by a void, and
wherein the first removable portion and the first track are configured to be separated from the base through manipulation of a first actuator and the first track in a first direction, thereby creating a first opening through the surface without disturbing the second track.

6. The configurable enclosure of claim 5 ,
wherein the first actuator is positioned on the first track, and a second actuator is positioned on the second track.

7. The configurable enclosure of claim 6 ,
wherein the second removable portion and the second track are configured to be separated from the base through the manipulation of the first actuator and the first track in the first direction and manipulation of the second actuator in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, thereby creating a second opening through the surface that is larger than the first opening.

8. The configurable enclosure of claim 5 ,
wherein the second removable portion and the second track are configured to be separated from the base through the manipulation of the first actuator and the first track in the first direction and manipulation of the second actuator in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, thereby creating a second opening through the surface that is larger than the first opening.

9. The configurable enclosure of claim 5 ,
wherein the void prevents the manipulation of the first actuator and the first track from separating the second removable portion and the second track from the base.

10. The configurable enclosure of claim 9 ,
wherein the void is configured as a curved slit.

11. The configurable enclosure of claim 5 ,
wherein the first removable portion, the first track, the second removable portion, and the second track are configured such that the first removable portion and the first track are separable from the base before the second removable portion and the second track are separated from the base.

12. The configurable enclosure of claim 5 ,
wherein the first removable portion, the first track, the second removable portion, and the second track are configured such that the second track and a portion of the second removable portion are separable from the base before the first removable portion and the first track are separated from the base.

13. A configurable enclosure for housing broadband equipment, the configurable enclosure comprising:
a base; and
a cover configured to be coupled with the base to physically cover an interior of the configurable enclosure in a closed position;
wherein a surface of the base includes a first removable portion configured to be released from the base, the first removable portion being surrounded by a first track,
wherein the surface of the base includes a second removable portion configured to be released from the base, the second removable portion being surrounded by a second track and including the first removable portion,
wherein the second removable portion includes a first edge shared with a first edge of the first removable portion and a second edge shared with a second edge of the first removable portion,
wherein the first track includes a first portion that is aligned with a first portion of the second track and a second portion aligned with a second portion of the second track, the first portion of the first track being separated from the first portion of the second track by a void, and
wherein the second removable portion and the second track are configured to be separated from the base through manipulation of a first

Assignees

• Ppc Broadband Inc

Inventors

• Kisselstein Jay A
• Hanson Brian K
• Adams Cameron James

Classifications

• H02G3/14

  Fastening of cover or lid to box · CPC title

• H02G3/085 Primary

  including knock-out or tear-out sections · CPC title

• H02G3/083 Primary

  Inlets · CPC title

• H02G3/081

  Bases, casings or covers · CPC title