Patent ID: 7477829
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A slack cable storage box comprising a base having a back wall attachable to a wall structure of a multiple dwelling unit, a cover removably attachable to the base to provide an enclosure, and a slack cable storage spool for storing a length of cable within the enclosure when wrapped around the spool, the base back wall having a relatively large center opening through which a portion of the wall structure is accessible for making a hole at least partway through the wall structure when the cover and spool are removed from the base, wherein the spool has an axial open center that is of a size less than half the size of the center opening in the back wall and overlies a portion of the center opening in the base back wall when the spool is within the enclosure to permit a leading end of the slack cable to be fed coaxially through the axial open center of the spool and the center opening in the base back wall into a hole when made in the building wall structure.