Patent ID: RE45153

Claim:
A fiber optic cable distribution box, comprising: an interface compartment constructed and arranged for interfacing a first set of fibers when routed inside the compartment, with a second set of fibers associated with a fiber optic cable that is routed to the box; a drum region extending beneath the interface compartment, wherein the drum region includes a first cylindrical drum wall having an axis, the drum wall is being dimensioned to support a length of a first fiber optic cable wound about the drum wall, and the drum region is being constructed and arranged so that the distribution box can turn about the axis of the cylindrical drum wall when a the first cable is paid out from the drum region; and the interface compartment and the drum region are being constructed and arranged so that the first set of fibers inside the interface compartment , originate from an inside end portion of the first cable wound about the first cylindrical wall of the drum region and the fiber optic cable distribution box being constructed and arranged such that the interface compartment and the drum region are configured to be mounted to a wall together with one another .