Patent ID: 7822311
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G02B,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications chassis comprising: a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall extending between the front and rear walls, and right and left sidewalls extending between the front and rear walls, the chassis configured to be mounted to a vertical telecommunications rack, wherein, once mounted, the chassis is configured to be slidably movable relative to the rack, in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the rack, to bring the chassis from a storage position to an access position, the chassis including mounting flanges generally parallel to the front and rear walls for mounting the chassis along the vertical telecommunications rack, the chassis defining an open top side for removably receiving telecommunications modules into the chassis from the top side; and a plurality of module receiving locations provided within the chassis, each module receiving location defining an elongate guide for intermating with an elongate guide of the telecommunications module for receiving the module, wherein the guides of the module receiving locations are disposed, substantially adjacent to and parallel with the right and left sidewalls and form an acute angle with the bottom wall of the chassis for receiving the modules at an acute angle with respect to the bottom wall.