Patent ID: 8023794

Claim:
An apparatus for accommodating an optical circuit path spanning a discontinuity in at least one optical channel; said at least one optical channel being supported by a cable member generally oriented about a first axis; the apparatus comprising: (a) a coupling member coupled with said at least one optical channel; said coupling member and said at least one optical channel being located outside said cable member; and (b) a supporting member substantially fixedly situated with said coupling member; said supporting member and said cable member cooperating to effect substantially fixedly situating said supporting member in an installed orientation in a generally clamping relation with said cable member; said supporting member being configured in a split-ring structure; said split-ring structure presenting a generally cylindrical inner surface substantially oriented about a second axis substantially coaxial with said first axis in said installed orientation; said split-ring structure having a hinge member generally situated at a first locus of a plane intersecting said second axis on a first side of said second axis in said installed orientation; said split-ring structure having a latching structure generally situated at a second locus of said plane on a second side of said second axis in said installed orientation; said hinge member and said latching structure cooperating to effect said substantially fixedly situating said supporting member in said installed orientation.