Patent ID: 8712205

Claim:
A cable exit trough mountable to a lateral cable trough, the lateral cable trough defining a horizontal cable pathway and having a bottom and an upstanding side of substantially uniform height extending from the bottom, the exit trough comprising: a body having a first cable guiding surface including a curved portion leading upwardly and away from a top edge of the upstanding side while maintaining a cable minimum bend radius, the cable guiding surface defining a cable exit pathway; the body further having a second cable guiding surface positioned over the bottom of the lateral cable trough when the exit trough is mounted to the lateral cable trough, the second cable guiding surface having a curved portion which leads upwardly with respect to the lateral cable trough and defines a top surface of a cable pathway, the curved portion of the second cable guiding surface being sufficiently curved to maintain the cable minimum bend radius; a plurality of selectable inserts, each of the inserts being removably coupleable to the body, wherein the plurality of selectable inserts includes: a) a first insert with a first guidewall that divides at least a portion of the cable exit pathway, the first guidewall at least partially curved in a first direction; b) a second insert with a second guidewall that divides at least a portion of the cable exit pathway, the second guidewall at least partially curved in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and c) a third insert having a flat upper surface without any guidewall; and wherein, when mounted to the lateral cable trough, the cable exit pathway leads over the upstanding side of the lateral cable trough.