Patent ID: 8401357

Claim:
A telecommunications cabinet comprising: a cabinet housing defining an interior, the cabinet housing having an access opening permitting access to a front of equipment mounted within the interior, the cabinet housing including a door that moves between a closed position covering at least part of the access opening and an open position allowing access to the interior through the access opening; a fiber optic splitter disposed within the interior of the cabinet housing; a cable management surface disposed within the interior of the cabinet housing, the cable management surface facing the access opening; a plurality of spools disposed on the cable management surface; a panel disposed within the interior of the cabinet housing, the panel being oriented at a fixed angle relative to the access opening so that the panel extends laterally and rearwardly between the access opening and the cable management surface; and a plurality of adapters disposed on the panel in rows, each row extending from a first end to a second end, the adapters each having a first side into which a first fiber optic connector may be inserted and a second side into which a second fiber optic connector may be inserted; wherein the spools are positioned closer to the first ends of the rows of adapters than to the second ends, and wherein each spool is positioned to direct first optical fibers from the spools to the adapters from the first ends of the rows.