Patent ID: 6263141
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical fiber cable management device comprising:a housing defining an enclosed interior; anda tray mounted to the housing and disposed within the interior, the tray moveable relative to the housing, wherein the tray is outside the interior of the housing after the tray is moved relative to the housing, the tray including:(a) a base; and(b) upstanding wall portions extending upwardly from the base, the wall portions defining:(1) at least one access opening for cable entering the tray;(2) an outside wall defining an inner cable guideway;(3) a plurality of spaced apart inner walls within the inner cable guideway, at least four of the inner walls having convexly curved wall segments, a first pair of the four inner walls positioned adjacent to one another and having the convexly curved wall segments facing in an opposite direction to the direction faced by the convexly curved wall segments of a second pair of the four inner walls positioned adjacent to one another, each of the first and second pairs of inner walls defining a cable guideway between each pair of inner walls;(4) a plurality of tabs extending inwardly from the outside portion and spaced from the base; and(5) a tab extending from at least one inner wall of each pair and spaced from the base;(6) wherein the tray is rotatably mounted to the housing about an axis generally transverse to the base.