Wall-mounted articulating half rack cabinet system

1. A wall-mounted articulating half-rack cabinet system, comprising:

a. a wall mount;

b. a half-rack cabinet having a width adapted to receive and mount half-rack-sized electronics modules; and

c. first and second four-bar mechanisms coupling said wall mount to said half-rack cabinet and adapted to rotate said half-rack cabinet about a non-fixed axis of rotation relative to said wall mount;

d. wherein each four-bar mechanism of said first and second four-bar mechanisms comprises:

i. a first bar that is a first U-shaped channel fixed to said wall mount;

ii. a second bar pivotably coupled to said first bar via a first pivotable coupling;

iii. a third bar that is a second U-shaped channel fixed to said half-rack cabinet and pivotably coupled to said second bar via a second pivotable coupling; and

iv. a fourth bar pivotable coupled to said third bar via a third pivotable coupling and to said first bar via a fourth pivotable coupling.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said wall mount comprises:

a. a top mounting panel;

b. left and right side panels extending from said top mounting panel having first and second inwardly bent extensions, respectively, forming first and second forward-facing panels, respectively;

c. a bottom mounting panel fixedly engaging distal ends of said left and right side panels; and

d. a back panel extending between said left and right side panels and between said top and bottom mounting panels.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said first U-shaped channels of said first and second four-bar mechanisms are fixed to said first and second forward-facing panels, respectively, of said wall mount.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said half-rack cabinet comprises internal opposed and horizontally aligned first and second vertical attachment bars, each having a plurality of spaced apart holes, wherein said first and second vertical attachment bars are each configured to be longer than the combined length of a width of a full-rack-sized electronic module plus the height of at least one half-rack-sized electronic module.

5. The system of claim 4 , further comprising:

a. first and second side-to-side crossbars each having first and second coupling flanges at opposed ends of each said crossbar of said first and second side-to-side crossbars;

b. first and second fastener openings in said first and second coupling flanges are spaced apart to align with said spaced apart holes in internal opposed and horizontally aligned first and second vertical attachment bars; and

c. wherein said first and second side-to-side crossbars comprise holes adapted for receiving fasteners configured to assist in mounting a full-rack-sized electronic module in a vertical orientation between said first and second side-to-side crossbars.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein said first and second four-bar mechanisms are spaced apart and parallel.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said first and second four-bar mechanisms are operable to articulate said half-rack cabinet into an orientation having between a zero degree angle and a ninety-degree angle, inclusive, with respect to said wall mount.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said wall mount is not wider than said half-rack cabinet.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein each four-bar mechanism of said first and second four-bar mechanisms comprises steel.

10. The system of claim 1 , comprising:

a. said second bar sized to nest in said third bar when said half-rack cabinet is closed to said wall mount; and

b. said third bar sized to nest within said first bar when said half-rack cabinet is closed to said wall mount.

11. The system of claim 1 , comprising first and second spaced apart inner side flanges and first and second spaced apart outer side flanges of said second U-shaped channel.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein only said wall mount comprises a plurality of cable knockouts.

13. A wall-mounted articulating half-rack cabinet system, comprising:

a. a wall mount;

b. a half-rack cabinet;

c. first and second four-bar mechanisms coupling said wall mount to said half-rack cabinet, wherein said first and second four-bar mechanisms are spaced apart and parallel and are operable to articulate said half-rack cabinet into orientations between zero and ninety-degrees of angle about a non-fixed horizontal axis of rotation with respect to said wall mount; and

d. wherein each four-bar mechanism of said first and second four-bar mechanisms comprises:

i. a first bar that is a first U-shaped channel fixed to said wall mount;

ii. a second bar pivotably coupled to said first bar via a first pivotable coupling;

iii. a third bar that is a second U-shaped channel fixed to said half-rack cabinet and pivotably coupled to said second bar via a second pivotable coupling; and

iv. a fourth bar pivotably coupled to said third bar via a third pivotable coupling and to said first bar via a fourth pivotable coupling.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein each four-bar mechanism of said first and second four-bar mechanisms comprises steel.

15. The system of claim 13 , comprising:

a. said second bar sized to nest in said third bar when said half-rack cabinet is closed to said wall mount; and

b. said third bar sized to nest within said first bar when said half-rack cabinet is closed to said wall mount.

16. The system of claim 13 , comprising openings in side flanges of said first and second U-shaped channels to accommodate said pivotable couplings.

17. The system of claim 13 , comprising a plurality of cable knockouts only through said wall mount.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein said half-rack cabinet comprises:

a. internal opposed and horizontally aligned first and second vertical attachment bars, each having a plurality of spaced apart holes, wherein said first and second vertical attachment bars are each configured to be longer than the combined lengths of a width of a full-rack-sized electronic module plus the height of at least one half-rack-sized electronic module;

b. first and second crossbars each having:

i. first and second coupling flanges at opposed ends of each crossbar of said first and second crossbars;

ii. first and second fastener openings in said first and second coupling flanges spaced apart to align with said spaced apart holes in said internal opposed and horizontally aligned first and second vertical attachment bars; and

c. wherein said first and second crossbars comprise holes spaced apart for receiving fasteners configured to assist in mounting a full-rack-sized electronic module in a vertical orientation between said first and second crossbars.

19. A wall-mounted articulating half-rack cabinet system, comprising:

a. a wall mount having a plurality of fastener openings adapted for assisting in fastening said wall mount to a wall;

b. a half-rack cabinet no wider than said wall mount and comprising internal spaced-apart parallel vertical attachment bars adapted for mounting a plurality of half-rack modules;

c. first and second doubly-nested spaced apart and parallel four-bar mechanisms coupling said wall mount to said half-rack cabinet and operable to articulate said half-rack cabinet into orientations between zero and ninety-degrees of angle about a non-fixed horizontal axis of rotation with respect to said wall mount;

d. wherein each four-bar mechanism of said first and second four-bar mechanisms comprises:

i. a first bar that is a first U-shaped channel fixed to said wall mount;

ii. a second bar pivotably coupled to said first bar via a first pivotable coupling;

iii. a third bar that is a second U-shaped channel fixed to said half-rack cabinet and pivotably coupled to said second bar via a second pivotable coupling; and

iv. a fourth bar pivotably coupled to said third bar and to said first bar via a third pivotable coupling and to said first bar via a fourth pivotable coupling; and

e. wherein:

i. said second bar sized to nest in said third bar when said half-rack cabinet is closed to said wall mount; and

ii. said third bar sized to nest within said first bar when said half-rack cabinet is closed to said wall mount.

20. The system of claim 13 , wherein said half-rack cabinet comprises:

a. internal opposed and horizontally aligned first and second vertical attachment bars, wherein said first and second vertical attachment bars are each configured to be longer than the combined lengths of a width of a full-rack-sized electronic module plus the height of at least one half-rack-sized electronic module;

b. first and second crossbars each having:

i. first and second coupling flanges at opposed ends of each crossbar of said first and second crossbars;

ii. first and second fastener openings in said first and second coupling flanges, respectively, adapted for assisting in attaching said first and second crossbars horizontally to said internal opposed and horizontally aligned first and second vertical attachment bars during installation, in a parallel configuration and spaced-apart to receive a full-rack-sized electronic module; and

c. wherein said first and second crossbars comprise holes adapted for receiving fasteners configured to assist in mounting a full-rack-sized electronic module in a vertical orientation between said first and second crossbars, when said first and second crossbars are installed.