Patent ID: 8705929

Claim:
A fiber optic enclosure assembly comprising: a housing having an interior; a cable storage spool positioned within the interior of the housing, wherein the cable storage spool rotates about an axis relative to the housing to allow the first portion of the fiber optic cable to be paid out from the interior of the housing; a fiber optic cable wound around the cable storage spool, the fiber optic cable having a first end and a second end; and a fiber optic adapter mounted on the cable storage spool, the fiber optic adapter receiving the first end of the fiber optic cable, the fiber optic adapter being carried with the cable storage spool as the cable storage spool is rotated about the axis to allow the second end of the fiber optic cable to be paid out from the interior of the housing, the fiber optic adapter being configured to couple the first end of the fiber optic cable to a connectorized end of a subscriber optical fiber while the adapter is mounted on the cable storage spool.