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Stacked cabinet structure with intermediate raceway

  • US 7,735,939 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2006
  • Issued: 06/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stacked cabinet structure having:

  • a lower cabinet with a top, a bottom, a front, a back and two sides, namely a first side and a second side,an upper cabinet with a top, a bottom, a front, a back and two sides, namely a first side and a second side, anda spacer member intermediate the top of the lower cabinet and the bottom of the upper cabinet,the upper cabinet stacked vertically above the bottom cabinet with the two sides of the upper cabinet in vertical alignment with the respective two sides of the lower cabinet, the front of the upper cabinet in vertical alignment with one of the front and back of the lower cabinet, and the back of the upper cabinet in vertical alignment with the other of the front and back of the lower cabinet,the spacer member supported by the top of the lower cabinet and supporting the bottom of the upper cabinet spaced vertically from the top of the lower cabinet forming a spacing compartment between the top of the lower cabinet and the bottom of the upper cabinet for passage of utility wiring,the compartment open at a front access opening,the spacer member comprising at least two truss members spaced sideways from each other and a plurality of horizontally extending beam members,each truss member disposed in a vertical plane extending front to rear and between the top of the lower cabinet and the bottom of the upper cabinet,each beam member spanning horizontally between the truss members spaced from adjacent beam members,each beam member fixedly connected to the truss members to form the spacer member as a rigid assembly,each truss member has a forwardly extending upper arm and a forwardly extending lower arm with an uninterrupted forward vertical space therebetween open forwardly to the front access opening and extending inwardly from the front access opening,a front raceway inwardly of the front access opening extending uninterrupted from one side of the compartment to the other side and through the forward vertical space of each truss member with uninterrupted access to the front raceway inwardly from the front access opening throughout the entirety of the width of the compartment from one side of the compartment to the other side of the compartment,the compartment open at a rear access opening,each truss member has a rearwardly extending upper arm and a rearwardly extending lower arm with an uninterrupted rear vertical space therebetween open to the rear access opening and extending inwardly from the rear access opening,a rear raceway inwardly of the rear access opening extending uninterrupted from one side of the compartment to the other side and through the rear vertical space of each truss member with uninterrupted access to the rear raceway inwardly from the rear access opening throughout the entirety of the width of the compartment from one side of the compartment to the other side of the compartment.

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