Patent ID: 7574093

Claim:
A telecommunications device including: a fixture defining a longitudinal axis; a fiber optic splitter mounted to the fixture, the fiber optic splitter configured to split a fiber optic signal carried by a first cable into a plurality of fiber optic signals carried by second cables; a plurality of adjacently positioned adapter trays mounted on the fixture, each adapter tray being pivotable about an axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fixture, each adapter tray housing a plurality of adapters for connecting the second cables to third cables, each adapter tray including a base and a cover for covering the base, the cover being pivotable between a closed position and an open position relative to the base, the cover including an adapter mount for mounting the plurality of adapters, wherein the base defines an interior volume for housing cables, wherein the cover includes an inner side that faces toward the interior volume of the base when the cover is in the closed position and the cover includes an outer side that faces away from the interior volume of the base when the cover is in the closed position, wherein a first end of each of the adapters mounted on the cover is exposed only to the outer side of the cover when the cover is in the closed position and the second opposite end of each of the adapters mounted on the cover is exposed only to the inner side of the cover when the cover is in the closed position, wherein at least a portion of the third cables are positioned in the interior volume defined by the base.