Patent ID: 7403685

Claim:
A telecommunications cable comprising: a distribution cable including a cable jacket and at least a first buffer tube positioned within the cable jacket, the distribution cable including a breakout location where a portion of the cable jacket has been removed and where the first buffer tube includes a fiber access location; an enclosure enclosing the breakout location, the enclosure including a body elongated over a length that extends along the distribution cable from a first end to a second end of the enclosure; a tether branching from the distribution cable at the breakout location, the tether including a tether jacket; an optical fiber structure including a first portion that extends through the first buffer tube of the distribution cable, a second portion that extends through the fiber access location and along the length of the enclosure, and a third portion positioned within the tether jacket, the first, second, and third portions of the optical fiber structure being in optical communication with one another; and an access device including a ripcord installed on the enclosure, the ripcord extending from a first end to a second end, the first and second ends of the ripcord arranged adjacent the first end of the enclosure, the ripcord forming a half-loop adjacent the second end of the enclosure, the ripcord being configured to cut through the body of the enclosure when pulled.