Patent ID: 9584879
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A47B,G02B,H04Q

Claim:
1. A communication patch panel system, comprising: a tray having a front end, a rear end, two sides ends, a plurality of ports connectable to cables, the two side ends of the tray being slidably engaged with a housing so that the tray has a first position substantially inside the housing and a second position substantially outside the housing; a first arm having a first end and a second end, the first end pivotably coupled to the housing; a second arm having a first end and a second end, the second end extending from and pivotably coupled to the second end of the first arm; a third arm having a first end extending from and pivotably coupled to the first end of the second arm, and a second end pivotably coupled to the tray; and a first cable retainer coupled to the first end of the second arm, the first cable retainer being moveable from a first position in which the first cable retainer is positioned above a plane in which the tray moves and at a first location between the two side ends of the tray to a second position in which the first cable retainer is positioned above the plane in which the tray moves and at a second location other than between the two side ends of the tray, wherein the first cable retainer is coupled to and extends from the first end of the third arm.