Patent ID: 6609684
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: F16G,H02G

Abstract:
An adjustable cable management trough assembly comprising:a first trough member having two sidewalls extending from a base defining a generally U-shaped trough defining a first cable pathway for receiving at least one telecommunications cable, the first trough member having a male end; a second trough member having two sidewalls extending from a base defining a generally U-shaped trough defining a second cable pathway for receiving at least one telecommunications cable, the second trough member having a female end, the male end of the first trough member received in the female end of the second trough member so that the first cable pathway communicates with the second cable pathway forming a combined cable pathway; wherein the sidewalls of one of the male end of the first trough member and the female end of the second trough member include slide posts and wherein the sidewalls of the other of the male end of the first trough member and the female end of the second trough member define corresponding retention slots which receive the slide posts, the retention slots being sized to allow the slide posts to be adjustably positioned within the retention slots, wherein the first trough member can be positioned at an angle relative to the second trough member in a first direction by adjusting the positioning of the slide posts in the retention slots; and wherein the base of one of the male end of the first trough member and the female end of the second trough member includes a guide member and wherein the base of the other of the male end of the first trough member and the female end of the second trough member defines a guide groove which receives the guide member, the guide groove being sized to allow the guide member to be adjustably positioned within the guide groove, wherein the first trough member can be positioned at an angle relative to the second trough member in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction by adjusting the positioning of the guide member within the guide groove; whereby the combined cable pathway can be simultaneously or selectively angled in two orthogonal directions.