Patent ID: 7974105
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: G02B,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An equipment cabinet arrangement comprising: an equipment cabinet, including: a vertical cable manager, disposed in the side panel space, including: a cable having a first segment and a second segment, the first segment being routed vertically within the trough, the cable being supported by the first planar portion at a portion intermediate the first segment and the second segment, and the second segment of the cable being routed horizontally through the side panel space; and a furcation bracket disposed in the side panel space, wherein the furcation bracket comprises either a row or a column of pairs of slots; wherein the cable is routed horizontally from the vertical cable manager toward the furcation bracket; wherein the cable includes a furcation plug adapted to attach to the furcation bracket; wherein the furcation plug has locking members spaced from one another by a first length, furcation legs extending from the furcation plug, and connectors coupled to the furcation legs; and wherein the slots in each of the pairs of slots in the furcation bracket are spaced from one another by a second length, wherein the second length is substantially equal to the first length for receiving the locking members of the furcation plug.