Patent ID: 8208781

Claim:
A fiber optic connector panel, comprising: a support panel having opposing sides and opposing ends and a pivot support member on either side at one end and configured to pivotally mount the support panel into a telecommunications fiber optic distribution cabinet, and further comprising: a first cylindrically configured cable storage member having an outer cylindrical surface and supported by the support panel and configured as a cylindrical extension from the support panel to store any slack fiber optic pigtails around the outer cylindrical surface; a second cylindrically configured cable storage member having an outer cylindrically configured surface supported by the support panel and spaced from the first cylindrically configured cable storage member and configured as a cylindrical extension from the support panel to store any slack outside plant cable and jumpers around the outer cylindrical surface; a fiber optic connector supported by the support panel and configured to connect fiber optic pigtails and fiber optic jumpers; and a splice storage member supported by the support panel and configured to store fiber optic cable splices of the fiber optic pigtails and outside plant cable and jumpers.