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A rack mounted component door system according to the present invention is used in conjunction with a conventional equipment rack to secure components in the rack and to provide access to features of the components positioned away from the front side of the rack. The component door system includes t

A rack mounted component door system according to the present invention is used in conjunction with a conventional equipment rack to secure components in the rack and to provide access to features of the components positioned away from the front side of the rack. The component door system includes two hinge assemblies that can be attached directly to two opposing vertical members of the front side of a conventional rack. The component door system also includes a panel that can be of conventional configuration or tailored for the component door system. The panel is attached to the two hinge assemblies to extend between the two front side vertical members of the rack.

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The invention claimed is: 1. For a component rack having opposing first and second vertical members, a system comprising: a panel sized to extend between the vertical members; a first hinge having a stationary member, a mobile member, a lever member, a first attachment member, and a second attachme

The invention claimed is: 1. For a component rack having opposing first and second vertical members, a system comprising: a panel sized to extend between the vertical members; a first hinge having a stationary member, a mobile member, a lever member, a first attachment member, and a second attachment member, the stationary member configured to be coupled to the first vertical member, the mobile member configured to be coupled to the panel, the stationary member having a first opening shaped to form a first track including a first position, a second position, and a third position, the stationary member having a second opening to form a second track including a first position, a second position, and a third position, the lever member being coupled to the mobile member through the first attachment member being attached to the lever member and the mobile member and through the second attachment member being attached to the lever member and the mobile member, the first attachment member passing through the first opening, the second attachment member passing through the second opening, the first track and the second track shaped so that when the first attachment member is at the first position of the first track, the second attachment member can go from the first position to the second position of the second track thereby traveling substantially in an arc about the first attachment member while the first attachment member is held in the first position of the first track by the first track and the lever member, the first track and the second track shaped so that when the second attachment member is at the third position of the second track, the first attachment member can go from the second position to the third position of the first track thereby traveling substantially in an arc about the second attachment member while the second attachment member is held in the third position of the second track by the second track and the lever member, and a second hinge having a stationary member, a mobile member, a lever member, a first attachment member, and a second attachment member, the stationary member configured to be coupled to the second vertical member. 2. For a component rack having opposing first and second vertical members, a system comprising: a panel sized to extend between the vertical members; a first hinge having a stationary member, a mobile member, a lever member, a first attachment member, and a second attachment member, the stationary member configured to be coupled to the first vertical member, the mobile member configured to be coupled to the panel, the stationary member having a first opening shaped to form a first track, the first track having a first portion with a first width and a second portion with a second width, the first width being greater than the second width, the stationary member having a second opening to form a second track, the lever member being coupled to the mobile member through the first attachment member being attached to the lever member and the mobile member and through the second attachment member being attached to the lever member and the mobile member, the first attachment member passing through the first opening, the second attachment member passing through the second opening, the lever member having a peg portion extending from another portion of the level member, the peg portion having a width greater than the second width of the first track and smaller than the first width of the first track, the lever being positioned so that the peg portion of the lever member is inserted into the first portion of the first track when the first attachment member is at a first position of the first track and the peg portion is adjacent the second portion of the first track when the first attachment member is at a second position of the first track; and a second hinge having a stationary member, a mobile member, a lever member, a first attachment member, and a second attachment member, the stationary member configured to be coupled to the second vertical member, the mobile member configured to be coupled to the panel, the stationary member having a first opening shaped to form a first track, the first track having a first portion with a first width and a second portion with a second width, the first width being greater than the second width, the stationary member having a second opening to form a second track, the lever member being coupled to the mobile member through the first attachment member being attached to the lever member and the mobile member and through the second attachment member being attached to the lever member and the mobile member, the first attachment member passing through the first opening, the second attachment member passing through the second opening, the lever member having a peg portion extending from another portion of the level member, the peg portion having a width greater than the second width of the first track and smaller than the first width of the first track, the lever being positioned so that the peg portion of the lever member is inserted into the first portion of the first track when the first attachment member is at a first position of the first track and the peg portion is adjacent the second portion of the first track when the first attachment member is at a second position of the first track. 3. The system of claim 2 wherein the first hinge further comprises a spring positioned to be compressed by a portion of the lever member and a portion of the first attachment member of the first hinge and wherein the second hinge further comprises a spring positioned to be compressed by a portion of the lever member and a portion of the first attachment member of the second hinge.