Patent ID: 8078030

Claim:
A cable management panel, comprising: a) a chassis having a front, a rear, and opposite sides; b) a drawer slidably mounted within the chassis, the drawer sliding between a first position and a second position, the drawer being farther from the rear of the chassis in the second position than in the first position; and c) a radius limiting member mounted to the drawer, the radius limiting member including: i) a first portion having a curved vertical surface extending upward relative to a bottom of the drawer; ii) a second portion having a curved vertical surface opposite the curved vertical surface of the first portion, the curved vertical surface of the second portion extending upward relative to the bottom of the drawer; iii) a bottom portion extending between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the bottom portion define a U-shaped cable trough, wherein the curved vertical surface of the first portion, the curved vertical surface of the second portion and the bottom portion define first and second open ends of the U-shaped cable trough, the first open end of the U-shaped cable trough being directed toward a lateral side of the drawer, the second open end of the U-shaped trough being directed generally transversely thereto toward a rear of the drawer; and iv) a cable retention tab spaced vertically from the bottom portion, the cable retention tab extending between the first portion and the second portion, the cable retention tab having a first end and a second end, the first end being releasably connected to one of the first and second portions by a snap-fit connection; v) wherein the first portion, the second portion, the bottom portion, and the tab generally encloses a perimeter of the radius limiting member to define a cable retention area; and wherein selective access to the cable retention area is provided by lifting upward on a free end of the tab, the free end being defined by one of the first and second ends of the tab, the free end pivoting from a closed position to an open position to provide the selective access; vi) wherein one of the first and second portions of the radius limiting member defines a notch that receives the free end of the tab when the tab is in the closed position; vii) wherein the first open end of the U-shaped cable trough of the radius limiting member defines a cable entry/exit for cables placed within the cable retention area.