Patent ID: 8275230

Claim:
An optical fiber retainer comprising: a first split band of material having a bottom, a top, a front and a back surrounding an interior passage through the first band from a first side of the first band to a second side of the first band, said front including a front first portion depending from said top and having a bottom edge facing away from said top and a front second portion extending from said bottom and including a top edge facing away from said bottom, the top edge and bottom edge comprising a first split of the first split band, said bottom including an inner surface comprising a wall of said interior passage and an outer surface facing away from said interior passage and said top including an inner surface comprising a wall of said interior passage and an outer surface facing away from said interior passage, and said bottom outer surface including a first connector element and said top outer surface including a second connector element configured to releasably mate with another connector element of another split band.