Patent ID: 7331473

Claim:
A telecommunications cable management system, comprising: (a) at least a first telecommunications rack, the rack including a frame having first and second side columns, the first side column defining a first end of the rack, the second side column defining a second end of the rack opposite the first end, the rack having a top and a bottom; (b) fiber optic telecommunications equipment mounted to the first telecommunications rack between the first side column and the second side column of the frame; (c) a cable management assembly coupled to one of the first and second ends of the rack, the cable management assembly including a first interface plane having a shaped-aperture pattern; and (d) a plurality of cable management devices having integral attachments; the integral attachments being configured to correspond to the shaped-aperture pattern and detachably secure the cable management devices to the panel at selected vertical and horizontal locations, the cable management devices including cable spools having a curved construction that limits the bend radius of cables interconnected to the fiber optic telecommunications equipment; (e) wherein the first interface plane of the cable management assembly has a height and a width, the height extending substantially from the top of the rack to the bottom of the rack, the width being between about 5 and 12 inches.