Patent ID: 7668432

Claim:
A multi-drop closure system for fiber optic cabling, comprising: an enclosure defining a splice chamber therein and having a main cable access opening and a drop cable access opening into the splice chamber, the drop cable access opening being displaced from the main cable access opening; and a ganged drop plug configured to be sealingly inserted into the drop cable access opening, the ganged drop plug having a plurality of drop cables extending therefrom, wherein the ganged drop plug comprises a unitary plug having the drop cables fixedly secured therein, wherein each of the drop cables includes an outer jacket with at least one optical fiber therein and wherein an outer surface of each of the outer jackets is sealingly received in the ganged drop plug and an outer circumference of the ganged drop plug is configured to be sealingly coupled to the drop cable access opening when the ganged drop plug is inserted into the drop cable access opening and wherein the ganged drop plug is pre-formed in a factory and wherein the drop cables extend from an outer face of the pre-formed ganged drop plug a limited distance selected to be spliced to another cable to allow extension thereof in use to a subscriber location.