Patent ID: 8127941

Claim:
A telecommunications cable management system, comprising: (a) a first telecommunications rack and a second telecommunications rack, each of the racks including a frame having side columns, adjacent side columns of the first and second telecommunications racks defining a gap therebetween; (b) a cable management assembly coupled to the adjacent side columns of the first and second telecommunications racks, the cable management assembly including an interface plane that extends across the gap defined between the adjacent side columns of the first and second telecommunications racks, the interface plane having an aperture pattern that includes square-shaped apertures; and (c) a plurality of cable management devices each having integral attachments, the integral attachments including first and second hooks arranged to engage two separate square-shaped apertures of the pattern; (d) wherein the cable management devices secure to the interface plane by only the integral attachments, and wherein the cable management devices are removable from the interface plane without the use of a tool, and without having to access a backside of the interface panel; (e) wherein the plurality of cable management devices includes different types of cable management devices including: (i) at least one cable guide including a plurality of projecting cable management fingers arranged vertically; (ii) at least one cable channel guide defining a vertical cable channel; (iii) at least one cable radius limiter defining a half cylindrical surface configured to limit the bend radius of stored cabling.