Patent ID: 8655137

Claim:
A cassette for use in a datacommunications equipment mounting structure, comprising: a base panel; a cover panel disposed generally parallel to the base panel, the cover panel and base panel being spaced apart from each other to form a gap; a rear wall that spans the gap between the base panel and the cover panel, a rear aperture being present in the rear wall; and a plurality of datacommunications cords positioned in the gap between the base panel and cover panel, the datacommunications cords having first and second ends and being routed from the rear aperture to a front portion of the base panel and forming a datacommunications cord slack loop, the first ends being adjacent the front portion of the base panel; wherein the datacommunications cords are separately moveable between a stored position, in which the first ends are located at adjacent front edges of the base and cover panels, and an extended position, in which the first ends are positioned away from the front edges of the base and cover panels.