Patent ID: 6522823
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G02B,H02G

Abstract:
A cable exit trough mountable to a lateral trough, the lateral trough defining a trough interior and cable pathway and including an upstanding side terminating in a top edge, the upstanding side disposed in a first plane, the exit trough comprising:an arch-wall having a lower concave surface and an upper convex surface, the arch-wall including a sidewall portion, the sidewall portion including first and second ends and a middle therebetween, the sidewall portion positionable inside the lateral trough so that the arch-wall crosses a horizontal plane at the top edge at an angle relative to the first plane; a projecting member extending from the concave surface of the arch-wall and spaced from the sidewall portion of the arch-wall to receive between the sidewall portion and the projecting member a portion of the upstanding side of the lateral trough adjacent to the top edge of the lateral trough; an exit trough portion extending from the middle of the sidewall portion in a direction away from the lateral trough when the exit trough is mounted to the lateral trough, the exit trough portion defining a cable pathway in communication with the cable pathway of the lateral trough when the exit trough is mounted to the lateral trough, the convex surface of the arch-wall defining a bottom trough surface of the exit trough portion, the exit trough portion further being defined by two convexly curved, upstanding side surfaces on opposite sides of the bottom trough surface.