Patent ID: 7277614

Claim:
A tether assembly for a fiber optic cable, comprising: a tether cable having a first end adapted to be attached to the fiber optic cable and a second end, the tether cable containing a plurality of optical fibers optically connected to a corresponding plurality of optical fibers accessed and terminated from the fiber optic cable; a furcation at the second end of the tether cable for separating the optical fibers of the tether cable and transitioning the optical fibers into at least one furcation leg, the furcation leg having a first end attached to the furcation and a second end; at least one individual connector port at the second end of the furcation leg, wherein the connector port comprises a threaded receptacle mounted at the end of the at least one furcation leg operable for presenting an optical connector mounted on the end of at least one of the plurality of optical fibers routed to the receptacle through the furcation leg, and operable for receiving a connectorized drop cable.