Patent ID: 7407331

Claim:
An optical cable boot comprising: a plurality of unit structures integrally coupled and a fixing portion; wherein each unit structure comprises: a first cover portion having a cylindrical shape; an insertion hole formed in the first cover portion through which a plurality of optical fibers are insertable; a second cover portion having a cylindrical shape; an insertion hole formed inside the second cover portion through which the plurality of optical fibers are insertable; and a first coupling portion that couples the first cover portion and the second cover portion to each other so that the first cover portion and the second cover portion are freely rotatable about the first coupling portion, and such that a first pair of slits sandwiching the first coupling portion therebetween is formed in which a width of each slit is gradually increased from the first coupling portion toward an outer circumference of the unit structure; wherein the plurality of unit structures are coupled to one another along an axial direction of the optical fibers, such that between unit structures adjacent to each other, the first cover portion of one unit structure and the second cover portion of an adjacent unit structure are integrally coupled to each other through a second coupling portion so that the first cover portion of the one unit structure and the second cover portion of an adjacent unit structure are freely rotatable about the second coupling portion, such that a second pair of slits sandwiching the second coupling portion therebetween is formed in which a width of each slit is gradually increased from the second coupling portion toward an outer circumference of the plurality of unit structures coupled to one another; wherein the fixing portion has a cylindrical shape and is formed integrally with one of the first cover portion or the second cover portion of a unit structure at an end of the plurality of unit structures coupled to one another.