Patent ID: RE44758

Claim:
An interconnect cabinet for optical fibers, comprising: an enclosure; a splitter mounted in the enclosure that is configured to optically couple a plurality of pigtail optical fibers to a single an input optical fiber and , the splitter having a plurality of optical fiber connectorized pigtails extending therefrom with each of the connectorized pigtails including one of the pigtail optical fibers , each of the connectorized pigtails having a first end optically coupled in the splitter to an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office the input optical fiber and a second end having an optical connector thereon with an optical fiber one of the pigtail optical fibers extending from the first end to the second end; a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members , ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations ; and wherein the connectorized pigtails have a cable length from the first end to the second end, without a connector therebetween, sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members and wherein the termination panel is pivotally mounted in the enclosure to allow access to a front and a back side of the connection members from a front side of the enclosure ; and wherein the cabinet includes a first pigtail routing path within the enclosure that extends from the splitter to the termination panel and a second pigtail routing path within the enclosure that extends from the splitter to a pigtail storage location for storing unused ones of the connectorized pigtails, the pigtail storage location being separate from the termination panel .