Patent ID: 6990284

Claim:
A fiber distribution frame comprising: a housing having side surfaces forming an enclosure, the enclosure having an exposed face; a plurality of fiber optic components disposed within the enclosure formed by the housing; a door connected to the housing for opening and closing with respect to the exposed face of the housing in order to provide and restrict access to the fiber optic components disposed within the enclosure formed by the housing; and a door locking device having a door latch, a strapping post, and a cable, the door latch being mounted to the door, the strapping post being mounted to one of the side surfaces of the housing, and the cable being connected at a first end to the strapping post; the door latch having a fastener receptacle and a cable conduit which adjoin one another such that a fastener received by the fastener receptacle holds the cable in the cable conduit when a second end of the cable is received by the cable conduit and the door is closed in order to lock the door to the housing by connecting the door latch to the strapping post.