Patent ID: 8038015

Claim:
For an equipment rack having an interior to receive equipment for support thereof by the equipment rack, a panel assembly comprising: a housing having a plurality of elongated sides extending between a first end and a second end of the housing, the plurality of elongated sides arranged to define an area with a first opening at the first end of the housing and a second opening at the second end of the housing, the first opening and the second opening inwardly communicating with the area, a first side of the plurality of elongated sides having apertures shaped and sized to receive connectors for mounting to the housing; a raceway extending along and coupled to a second side of the plurality of elongated sides of the housing, the raceway having an interior, the second side having an opening inwardly communicating with the interior of the raceway; and an attachment portion shaped and coupled with the raceway to be used to couple both the raceway and the housing with the equipment rack with the raceway positioned between the housing and the equipment rack and at least a portion of the housing positioned outside the interior of the equipment rack.