System and method for providing access to the keyboard and display assembly of rack mounted computing systems when the rack door remains closed

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-08-02
FURMAN LAWRENCE JAY
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[0013] The present technique allows the console shelf of a computer system rack to be extended out of the rack when needed and stored back into the rack when not needed, while the main door to the rack remains closed and locked. This invention enhances the physical security of the systems in the rack and enhances the work environment of the operators of the machines.
[0014] This technique facilitates physical security of the computers in the rack by providing access to the console of a computer rack while the door is locked.
[0015] This technique prevents loose items from falling the computers and other information processing equipment housed within the racks when an operator is working on a console.
[0016] This technique also provides a more ergonomic work environment for the operators requiring access to the console of a computer rack because the operator is not standing next to an open door which may be swinging back and forth. This should prove to be especially helpful when two operators are working shoulder to shoulder at the consoles of adjacent racks, with a door open between them, swinging back and forth, banging first one operator then the other on the elbow.

Problems solved by technology

When two operators work side by side on adjacent racks, the door to the rack on the right inconveniences both operators because it swings back and forth between them.

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[0018] This invention is a small window or door 2.25 inches or 1.5 U high and 20 inches wide and centered 36.5 inches up from the bottom of the main front door in a computer rack. This invention allows access to the console while the main door is closed.

[0019] The simplest implementation is a window cut within the door to the rack through which the console shelf may be extended when needed and stored when not needed.

[0020] This window can be always open, closed with a panel that folds up or down, or closed with a panel that drops within a track inside the rack door. The window can be locked.

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[0021]FIG. 1 shows two adjacent racks (11), which are built with conventional doors (12). The door (12) to Rack 11.A is hinged on the right, the door (12) opens from left to right. The console, consisting of keyboard (14), display (15) and pointing device (not shown) is extended out of the rack on a console shelf (13). If operators were working on ...

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Abstract

A small door or window within the front door of a computer system rack through which a shelf or drawer can slide in and out of the rack while the door remains closed and locked. A keyboard, display, and pointing device may be mounted on a tray which is mounted on the shelf or drawer. The small door or window may be closed by a panel which folds up and down on hinges or a panel which slides up and down within the main front door. The door or window may be locked with a key that is the same as the key to the main front door of the rack or by a key which is different, which thereby affords additional levels of security.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is based on provisional patent application Ser. No. 60 / 734,643, filed Nov. 8, 2005, entitled “Console Access Doors for Rack Mounted Computer Systems” and the regular patent application Ser. No. 11 / 590,325 filed Oct. 31, 2006. This application contains corrected application papers per the Notice to file Corrected Application Papers, dated Nov. 16, 2006.REFERENCES CITED [0002]U.S. Patent Documents16,442,030August 2002Mammoser, et al26,685,033February 2004Baddour, et al36,945,412September 2005Felcman, et al46,956,735October 2005Lee, et al57,019,963March 2006Lee, et alSTATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0003] The present technique was developed without federally funded research or development. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] The present technique relates generally to the field of computer systems and, more specifically, to the field of ease of access to the console shelf in a computer system rack...

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IPC IPC(8): A47F7/00
CPCH05K7/1494G06F1/181
InventorFURMAN, LAWRENCE JAY
OwnerFURMAN LAWRENCE JAY