Media cabinet with reversing door

Abstract

A media cabinet with reversing door is adapted to house multimedia equipment. The door is hinged with the cabinet and adapted to selectively conceal and reveal the equipment. The cabinet may have left and right module sections, each of these module sections having a modular width. The door preferably has the same modular width. The cabinet may further have a center section of two modular widths and a second reversing door. At least one of the left, the center, and the right sections may define an equipment space. The reversing doors may alternatively hinge to conceal the center section, revealing the left and right sections, and hinge to reveal the center section, concealing the left and right module sections. Each door has two opposing face surfaces and presents a closed visual impression in each hinged position of alternatively concealing the center section or concealing the respective left and right sections.

1 . A media cabinet that is adapted to house multimedia support equipment, the media cabinet having a front and an opposing back and having a swinging door that is adapted to selectively conceal and reveal the equipment, the cabinet comprising: 
 a base;    a top spaced above the base, the top being generally aligned with the base;    a first panel extending upward from the base toward the top and extending between the front and the back;    a second panel spaced a first distance from the first panel, extending upward from the base toward the top, and extending between the front and the back, the second panel being generally parallel with the first panel, whereby a first section is defined between the first and the second panels;    a third panel spaced a second distance from the second panel so the second panel is interposed between the first and the third panels, the third panel extending upward from the base toward the top and extending between the front and the back, the third panel being generally parallel with the first panel, whereby a second section is defined between the first and the second panels;    an equipment space defined within one of the first and the second sections, the equipment space being adapted to receive and house multimedia equipment; and    a door extending between the base and the top, the door having opposing first and second side edges and two opposing face surfaces that extend between the side edges, the door being connected with the cabinet in swinging engagement whereby the door swings between a first position in which the first edge is adjacent the second panel and the door extends toward the third panel from the second panel and a second position in which the first edge is adjacent the second panel and the door extends toward the first panel from the second panel, one of the opposing face surfaces being revealed and the other face surface being concealed in the first position, while the other face surface is revealed and the one of the opposing face surfaces is concealed in the second position, each of the two opposing face surfaces being adapted to present a finished door front visual impression, whereby the door appears closed in each of the first and second positions.    
   
   
       2 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 1  wherein the cabinet further includes a fourth panel spaced a third distance from the third panel so the third panel is interposed between the first and the fourth panels, the fourth panel extending upward from the base toward the top, and extending between the front and the back, the fourth panel being generally parallel with the first panel, whereby a third section is defined between the third and the second panels.  
   
   
       3 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 2  wherein the door is a first of two doors and the second door is connected with the cabinet in swinging engagement whereby the second door swings between a first position in which a first edge of the second door is adjacent the third panel and the second door extends from its first edge adjacent the third panel toward the second panel to an opposite second edge and a second position in which the second door extends from its first edge adjacent the third panel toward the fourth panel.  
   
   
       4 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 4  wherein the second distance is a sum of the first and the third distances.  
   
   
       5 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 4  wherein the first and the third distances are equal.  
   
   
       6 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 3  wherein the second section is concealed by the first and the second doors when the first and the second doors are in their respective first positions, whereby the second edge of the first door is adjacent the second edge of the second door.  
   
   
       7 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 3  wherein the first and the third distances are equal.  
   
   
       8 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 3  wherein the first door second edge is adjacent the second door second edge when the first and the second doors are in their respective first positions, whereby the second section is concealed by the first and the second doors in their respective first positions.  
   
   
       9 . A media cabinet that is adapted to house multimedia equipment, the cabinet having a front and an opposing back, having a left side and an opposing right side, and having at least three sections extending across the cabinet from the left side to the right side, the cabinet comprising: 
 a base;    a top, the top being spaced above and generally aligned with the base;    a left panel, the left panel extending upward from the base toward the top and extending between the front and the back;    a second panel, the second panel being spaced a first distance from the left panel, extending upward from the base toward the top, and extending between the front and the back, the second panel being generally parallel with the left panel, whereby a left section is defined between the left and the first panels;    a third panel, the third panel being spaced a second distance from the second panel so the second panel is interposed between the left and the third panels, the third panel extending upward from the base toward the top and extending between the front and the back, the third panel being generally parallel with the left panel, whereby a center section is defined between the second and the third panels;    a right panel, the right panel being spaced a third distance from the third panel so the third panel is interposed between the left and the right panels, the right panel extending upward from the base toward the top and extending between the front and the back, the right panel being generally parallel with the left side panel, whereby a right section is defined between the second and the right panels;    an equipment space, the equipment space being defined in one of the left, the center, and the right sections, and further being defined between the base and the top and between the front and the back, the equipment space also being adapted to receive and house multimedia equipment;    a first door, the first door extending between the base and the top and being connected with the cabinet in swinging engagement whereby the first door swings between a center position in which a first edge of the door is adjacent the second panel and the door extends from the first edge adjacent the second panel to an opposite second edge toward the right panel and a side position in which the first edge of the door is adjacent the second panel and the door extends from the the first edge adjacent the second panel toward the left panel, whereby the left section is at least partially concealed by the first door; and    a second door, the second door extending between the base and the top and being connected with the cabinet in swinging engagement whereby the second door swings between a center position in which a first edge of the door is adjacent the third panel and the door extends from the first edge adjacent the third panel to an opposite second edge toward the first panel and a side position in which the first edge of the door is adjacent the third panel and the door extends from the first edge adjacent the third panel toward the right panel, whereby the right section is at least partially concealed by the second door, the first and the second doors concealing the center section in their respective first positions.    
   
   
       10 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 9  wherein each door has two opposing face surfaces that extend between the side edges, whereby one of the face surfaces is revealed and the other face surface is concealed in the first position, while the other face surface is revealed and the one face surface is concealed in the second position, and wherein each of the opposing face surfaces is adapted to present a finished door front visual impression, whereby each door appears closed in each of the first and second positions.  
   
   
       11 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 9  wherein the second distance is a sum of the first and the third distances.  
   
   
       12 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 11  wherein the first and the third distances are equal.  
   
   
       13 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 9  wherein the first and the third distances are equal.  
   
   
       14 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 9  wherein the first door extends from the second panel to the left panel, whereby the left section is fully concealed by the first door when the first door is in the side position.  
   
   
       15 . A media cabinet that is adapted to house multimedia equipment, the cabinet having a front and an opposing back and having opposing left and right sides, the cabinet comprising: 
 a base;    a corresponding top that is spaced above and generally aligned with the base;    a left panel that extends upward from the base toward the top and that extends between the front and the back;    a second panel that is spaced a first distance from the left panel, that extends upward from the base toward the top, that extends between the front and the back, and that is generally parallel with the left panel, whereby a left modular section is defined by the left and the first panels;    a third panel that is spaced a second distance from the first panel so the second panel is interposed between the left and the second panels, that extends upward from the base toward the top, that extends between the front and the back, and that is generally parallel with the left panel, whereby a center modular section is defined by the first and the second panels;    a right panel that is spaced a third distance from the third panel so the third panel is interposed between the left and the right panels, that extends upward from the base toward the top, that extends between the front and the back, and that is generally parallel with the left panel, whereby a right modular section is defined by the third and the right panels;    an equipment space that is defined within one of the left, the center, and the right modular sections and that is adapted to receive and house multimedia equipment;    a first door that extends between the base and the top, that has opposing first and second edges, that has two opposing face surfaces extending from the first edge to the second edge, that is connected in swinging engagement with one of the top, the base, and the second panel, and that swings between a center position and a side position, whereby the first edge is adjacent the second panel, the door extends toward the third panel, and the door conceals at least a portion of the center modular section when in the center position, and whereby the first edge is adjacent the second panel, the door extends toward the left panel, and the door conceals at least a portion of the left modular section when in the side position; and    a second door that extends between the base and the top, that has opposing first and second edges, that has two opposing face surfaces extending from the first edge to the second edge, that is connected in swinging engagement with one of the top, the base, and the third panel, and that swings between a center position and a side position, whereby the first edge is adjacent the third panel, the door extends toward the second panel, and the door conceals at least a portion of the center modular section when in the center position, and whereby the first edge is adjacent the third panel, the door extends toward the right panel, and the door conceals at least a portion of the right modular section when in the side position.    
   
   
       16 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 15  wherein one of the two opposing face surfaces of each door is revealed and the other face surface is concealed when the respective door is in the center position, while the other face surface is revealed and the one face surface is concealed in the side position, and wherein each of the two opposing face surfaces is adapted to present a finished door front visual impression, whereby each door appears closed in each of the first and second positions.  
   
   
       17 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 16  wherein the first door extends from the second panel to the left panel, whereby the left modular section is fully concealed by the first door when the first door is in the side position.  
   
   
       18 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 15  wherein the second distance is a sum of the first and the third distances.  
   
   
       19 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 18  wherein the first and the third distances are equal.  
   
   
       20 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 15  wherein the first and the third distances are equal.  
   
   
       21 . The media cabinet defined in  claim 15  wherein at the first door extends from the second panel to the left panel, whereby the left modular section is fully concealed by the first door when the first door is in the side position.