Patent ID: 7483617

Claim:
An underground mounting fixture for mounting a piece of telecommunications equipment within a vault, the vault defining a closed bottom end positioned underground, an open top end accessible from street level, and a sidewall extending between the bottom end and the top end, the sidewall defining an upper peripheral edge of the open top end, the vault defining an opening for feeding cable into the vault, the mounting fixture comprising: a frame structure configured to be mounted to the upper edge of the open end of the vault, the frame structure supporting the piece of telecommunications equipment within the vault, the frame structure comprising: a center frame section including a first end and a second end; two leg sections, one of the leg sections extending from the first end of the center frame section and the other one of the leg sections extending from the second end of the center frame section, the two leg sections constructed to fit into slots formed around the upper peripheral edge of the vault, each of the leg sections being configured to slidably telescope with respect to the center frame section to vary the size of the frame structure.