Patent ID: 11891267
Assignee: BELDEN CANADA ULC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A stackable spool cable manager assembly, comprising:
a plurality of like cable manager spools, each of the cable manager spools comprising:
a center portion comprising a cylindrical outer surface, a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a plurality of L shaped tabs extending from the top surface and spaced along a first path concentric with the cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of tab receiving slots in the bottom surface and spaced along a second path concentric with the cylindrical outer surface and in parallel to the first path;
a support arm extending away from the center portion and comprising a cable support surface and an end stop attached to an outer end of the cable support surface;

wherein a lower one of the cable manager spools is secured to an adjacent upper one of the cable manager spools by inserting each of the L shaped tabs of the lower cable manager spool into a respective one of the tab receiving slots of the upper cable manager spool and rotating the lower cable manager spool relative to the upper cable manager spool and such that each of the L shaped tabs of the lower cable manager spool is received into a respective one of the tab receiving slots of the upper cable manager spool and the bottom surface of the upper cable management spool is gripped by each of the L-shaped tabs.