Patent ID: 7613377

Claim:
A hinge adapter for providing a hinging capability between two fiber optic trays, the hinge adapter comprising: a hinge body, and two pivot mechanisms for attachment one each to the two fiber optic trays, wherein the hinge body has a generally rectangular shape, an outer surface, an inner surface, and two opposing parallel edges for reception of the pivot mechanisms, and wherein each of a first and a second pivot mechanism pivots about an axis, the pivot axis of the second pivot mechanism being offset from the pivot axis of the first pivot mechanism such that the spacing between the two pivot mechanisms facilitates folding the two trays into a closed position in which a front side working face of each of the trays is parallel to the front side working face of the other, and when in an open position the outer surface of the hinge body is effectively coplanar with a backside surface of each of the two fiber optic trays.