Patent ID: 11872675
Assignee: HOFFMAN ENCLOSURES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 12:
13. A method for installing a back panel of an enclosure, the method comprising:
installing a glider tool in the enclosure in an installed configuration, in which the glider tool seated on a bracket that is secured to and extends forward from a back wall of the enclosure;
with the glider tool in the installed configuration, installing the back panel in the enclosure by sliding the back panel along the glider tool,
wherein, the glider tool includes a body having a top surface and a bottom surface; and a sliding layer positioned on top of and extending along the top surface of the body, the sliding layer being at least one of:
a liquid layer; or
a solid layer that is separate from the body of the glider tool;

the sliding layer having a lower sliding coefficient of friction than the sliding coefficient of friction of the top surface of the body; and
the sliding layer slidably supporting the back panel, as the back panel is slid along the body from a front opening of the enclosure to be supported by the bracket, and

with the back panel supported on the bracket, removing the glider tool from the enclosure.