Patent ID: 7146088

Claim:
A fiber distribution frame comprising: a cabinet having an opened front face, wherein the cabinet houses a plurality of fiber optic components; a hinge connected to the front face of the cabinet; a door having a door frame, the door frame being connected to the hinge for the door to open and close relative to the front face of the cabinet, the door frame surrounding an opened area which exposes the front face of the cabinet when the door is closed for the fiber optic components to extend out from the front face of the cabinet to outside of the cabinet; the door further having an inner door section; and a plurality of brackets connecting the inner door section to the door frame such that the inner door section is offset from the front face of the cabinet by a separation distance and covers the front face of the cabinet from the separation distance when the door is closed, wherein the brackets have a sufficient length such that the separation distance between the inner door section and the front face of the cabinet is large enough to permit the fiber optic components to extend out from the front face of the cabinet to outside of the cabinet and maintain a minimum bend radius without being compressed by the inner door section when the door is closed.