Patent ID: 7714227

Claim:
For a cable having a minimum bend radius, a junction box comprising an enclosure installable behind a wall the enclosure being configured to be adjacent to a portion of the wall having an opening when the enclosure is installed behind the wall, the enclosure comprising: a hollow interior portion having a hidden portion extending behind a portion of the wall adjacent the opening in the wall, the hidden portion being defined at least in part by a curved interior surface portion having a radius of curvature at least as great as the minimum bend radius of the cable, the hollow interior portion being configured to store at least one coil of the cable with at least a portion of the at least one coil of the cable being stored in the hidden portion of the hollow interior portion; and an inlet aperture adjacent the opening in the wall and in communication with the hollow interior portion of the enclosure, the inlet aperture being configured such that a portion of the cable is insertable into and removable from the hollow interior portion through the inlet aperture and the opening in the wall, the curved interior surface portion positioned with respect to the inlet aperture to receive a portion of the cable inserted through the inlet aperture to lie adjacent the curved interior surface.