Patent ID: 7083051
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: G02B,H02G,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A cable management assembly for coupling to a telecommunications structure, the cable management assembly comprising: (a) a panel configured to couple to a telecommunications structure, the panel including a first interface portion and a plurality of shaped apertures formed in the first interface portion, the shaped apertures being arranged in an array of columns and rows; and (b) a plurality of cable management devices for retaining excess cabling, the devices being configured to prevent cable damage, each of the devices including a tab corresponding to the shaped aperture, the tab being located on a cylindrical pin body, the tab flexibly engaging one of the shaped apertures to detachably snap-fit the cable management device to the panel, each of the cable management devices further being configured to secure to the panel at randomly selected vertical and horizontal locations.