Patent ID: 7167624

Claim:
A fiber optic splice closure comprising: an upper body section having an upper end, a lower base section having a lower end, the upper body section and lower base section forming a protective housing, the lower base section further including an interior, said interior including a surface wall and an interior wall that define a slack storage area, a hollow stem centrally disposed within the interior that upwardly extends from the center of the interior of the base section, said hollow stem having a bore therethrough, a base-aperture centrally disposed in the base section, a body-aperture centrally disposed in the body section, at least one fin that extends from a lower end of the base section, said at least one fin downwardly extends perpendicular to the lower end so that an end of the fin is on an axis with a bottom surface of the base section, wherein the body-aperture, base-aperture and bore are in alignment, fastening means for releasably connecting the upper body section to the lower base section, wherein the cross-section shape of the protective housing is generally round, and wherein the cross-section shape of the slack storage area is generally round.