Patent ID: 8913866

Claim:
A support shelf for fiber optic hardware, the support shelf comprising: a base having four edges, the four edges including, opposite front and rear edges that are spaced apart from one another in a first direction, opposite right and left edges that are spaced apart from one another in a second direction; a plurality of component mounting features in the base, the component mounting features being spaced from the four edges, the component mounting features extending in either the first direction or the second direction, wherein the component mounting features in the base are for cooperating with at least one mounting feature of a fiber optic adapter panel configured to removably mount with any one of the plurality of component mounting features in the base so the fiber optic adapter panel is removably mounted at any one of a plurality of mounting locations in the base, the plurality of mounting locations extending from proximate the front edge to proximate the rear edge; a right shelf support connected to the base and extending from proximate the right edge of the base; a left shelf support connected to the base and extending from proximate the left edge of the base, wherein the right and left shelf supports are adapted to be received by a housing such that the support shelf is movable relative to the housing in the first direction; and an upper shelf formed in the base of the support shelf proximate the rear edge to provide a barrier to contain fiber optic equipment.