Patent ID: 7010210
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A fiber management system having an enclosure, comprising: an internal fiber clip including a fiber guide portion for bundling a plurality of fiber optic cables and a locking mechanism connected to one end of the fiber guide portion for attaching the internal fiber clip to a first wall of the enclosure, the locking mechanism having a stem and a resilient fin extending laterally away from the stem, the stem having a tab near one end of the stem and extending laterally away from the stem, the tab being spatially separated from an end of the resilient fin such that i) the end of the resilient fin presses against a first side of the first wall when the tab is fully inserted through a first opening in the first wall and ii) the tab is urged against an opposite side of the first wall when the internal fiber clip is rotated while the tab is fully inserted and the end of the resilient fin is pressing against a first side of the first wall; and an entry fiber clip attached to an edge of an external wall of the enclosure for guiding at least one of the plurality of fiber optic cables bundled by the internal fiber clip to a telecommunications system external to the enclosure, the entry fiber clip including an entry fiber guide portion having first and second spaced-apart side walls and a base portion, the entry fiber guide portion having a plunger extending substantially perpendicularly away from an exterior side of the base portion, the plunger having a shaft and a hook at the end of the shaft for latching onto a back edge of an opening in the external wall of the enclosure when attaching the entry fiber clip to the external wall.