Cabinet

Claim 1

A cabinet for the enclosure of equipment, said cabinet comprising: a base frame defining the lateral dimensions of said cabinet; a top frame further defining the lateral dimensions of said cabinet; a unitary housing defining left and right sides and back of said cabinet, with a forward-facing edge on each of said left side and said right side, said housing being formed of a single panel of laminated material having a metal inner skin, a metal outer skin, and a honeycomb core therebetween attached to and rigidizing said metal skins with the honeycomb core cells being normal to said skins, said panel being bent at the cabinet corners so that said panel defines the sides and back of said housing, said honeycomb core being crushed at said corners and said panel skins extending continuously around said corners, said panel being secured to said top frame and said base frame so that said top frame and said base frame retain said panel in a lateral position, said laminated honeycomb panel carrying the principal physical loads on the cabinet; a closeout bar positioned between the panel skins at each of said edges, said closeout bars each having means for interengaging thereon; front closure frames, said front closure frames each having means for interengaging thereon, said means for interengaging on said front closure frames being interengaged with said means for interengaging on said closeout bars.