Patent ID: 9389384
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G02B,H01R,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A fiber optic telecommunications device comprising: a telecommunications rack defining a right side, a left side, a front side, a rear side, a top, and a bottom, the telecommunications rack defining mounting locations arranged in a stacked arrangement from the bottom to the top of the rack, the mounting locations configured to receive telecommunications modules defining fiber optic connection locations; the telecommunications rack further including a cable storage bay located at one of the right and left sides of the rack adjacent to the mounting locations, the cable storage bay defining a front cable storage area and a rear cable storage area, the front cable storage area including cable management structures configured for managing and guiding cables toward and away from fiber optic connection locations that are accessible from the front side of the rack and the rear cable storage area including cable management structures configured for managing and guiding cables toward and away from fiber optic connection locations that are accessible from the rear side of the rack; the telecommunications rack further including a trough defined at the top of the rack, the trough configured for extending cables to other telecommunications racks in a front to rear direction, the trough further defining a cable drop-off communicating with the cable storage bay for extending cables to either the front cable storage area or the rear cable storage area of the cable storage bay for further connection to the fiber optic connection locations.