Patent ID: 9429729
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A storage and distribution module for optical fiber and cable, comprising: a base including a bottom wall and a first side wall; the bottom wall of the base includes a boss having a generally cylindrical wall, and a top of the boss is disposed a certain height above the bottom wall of the base; a number of spool mounting fingers configured to extend from the top of the boss, for retaining a fiber supply spool containing slack windings of an optical fiber when a first end face of the spool is centered over and urged onto the mounting fingers; wherein the bottom wall of the base, the cylindrical wall of the boss, and the first end face of the spool when retained on the mounting fingers, together define a storage region underneath the spool for storing a slack length of a provider cable; and an adapter bracket fixed inside the base, wherein the bracket is constructed and arranged to support a connector adapter configured to connect a first connector that terminates the slack windings of a fiber contained on the supply spool when the spool is retained on the mounting fingers, with a second connector that terminates the slack length of a provider cable when the cable is stored in the storage region underneath the supply spool.