Patent ID: 8559784

Claim:
A modular assembly for supporting fiber optic splices, comprising: a tray including a floor, sidewalls that extend upward from the floor, a depression in the floor, the depression having sidewalls that extend downward from an upper surface of the floor to a bottom of the depression, and a tab that extends outward from one of the depression sidewalls and into the depression, the tab being spaced away from the bottom of the depression; a cradle including a base configured to mount in the depression, the cradle base having first and second opposing sides and also having a first face positioned away from the bottom of the depression and an opposite second face positioned towards the bottom of the depression when the cradle is mounted in the depression, the cradle including a shelf recessed into the first face and positioned on the first side of the cradle base, the shelf being positioned between the bottom of the depression and the tab when the cradle base is mounted in the depression, wherein an area of the cradle base is smaller than or equal to an area of the depression to enable the cradle base to mount in the depression; and a splice holder mounted to the first face of the cradle base and defining a plurality of slots, each of the slots being sized to receive fiber optic splices, and each of the slots being positioned over the depression when the cradle base is mounted in the depression.