Patent ID: 7562779

Claim:
A cable management rack for routing cables thereon, said rack having a front side and a rear side and said rack comprising: a frame; a frame-mountable pass-through tray disposed on said frame, said pass-through tray having a base and sidewalls defining a front-to-back channel in a center of the tray for routing said cables between said front side of said rack and said rear side of said rack, said pass-through tray including at least one upstanding spool disposed substantially at a center of said tray, a width of the front-to-back channel being substantially constant along a length of the front-to-back channel; a rear channel adjacent to and extending substantially perpendicular to the front-to-back channel; a slack manager having a plurality of spools at different elevations, the frame having a first vertical side rail to which the slack manager and tray are connected on opposite sides; and an end cap connected to the slack manager such that the end cap extends substantially parallel with the front-to-back channel and the slack manager is disposed between the end cap and the vertical side rail, wherein the rear channel has openings on opposing ends, the end cap terminating one of the openings.