Patent ID: 9357669
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F,H04Q,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A removable, locking cover assembly for rack-mounted equipment, the assembly comprising: two mounting brackets; conventional fasteners to secure said mounting brackets to both sides of a rack system or rack-mounted equipment; a tie bar; conventional fasteners to secure said tie bar to said mounting brackets, whereby said tie bar is sandwiched between said mounting brackets; a cover having (i) a top portion, (ii) a bottom portion, (iii) a front portion, (iv) at least one locking mechanism housed in said front portion of said cover, and (v) two vertical slits in said cover perpendicular to said front portion of said cover; wherein said top portion, said bottom portion, and said front portion of said cover are joined at right angles to form three lengthwise sides of a rectangular cuboid with one open lengthwise side of said rectangular cuboid for sliding said cover over said rack-mounted equipment and any cables and connections attached to said rack-mounted equipment; wherein the cover slidably mounts over said mounting brackets via said two slits in said cover; and wherein said locking mechanism is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, whereby when said locking mechanism is in said locked position, it engages said mounting brackets, and whereby said cover, said mounting brackets, and said tie bar are contiguously formed integral and surround said rack-mounted equipment and said cables and other connections running to said rack-mounted equipment.