Patent ID: 7373759

Claim:
A modular cable management system, comprising: a plurality of upright fixed columns of a raised floor system, the columns spaced apart from each other a first predetermined distance, each column having a body portion, wherein an end portion of the column bears on a plurality of first area portions of a subfloor; a self-supporting cable tray support system, comprising: (a) a plurality of pedestals, each pedestal comprising an elongated stringer member, a first upright channel member, and a second upright channel member, the stringer member having a proximal end, an opposed distal end, and an opposing pair of downwardly extending flanges, one flange depending from the proximal end of the stringer member and the opposing flange depending from the distal end of the stringer member, each of the first and second channel members extending longitudinally between a top end and an opposed bottom end, and defining a trough shaped channel that extends longitudinally from the top end to the bottom end, each of the first and second channel members further defining an opening that extends longitudinally therefrom the top end to the bottom end and is in communication with an interior of the trough shaped channel, wherein the opening has a horizontal cross-sectional width dimension that is at least the width dimension of the body portion of the column of the raised floor system, wherein the flange depending from the proximal end of the stringer member is removably connected to the first channel member and the flange depending from the distal end of the stringer member is removably connected to the second channel member so that the elongated stringer member is supported above the bottom ends of the first and second channel members, wherein each of the channel members is an independent stanchion, and wherein and end portion of the channel members bears on a plurality of second area portions of the subfloor, the second area portions being different from the first area portions; (b) a platform section configured and dimensioned to support lengths of cable thereon, wherein the platform section is suspended from the stringer members of a pair of opposing pedestals; (c) a means for passing the body portion of at least one column through the opening in the channel member and into the interior of the trough shaped channel such that the channel of the channel member is positioned adjacent to and substantially parallel to at least a portion of the body portion of the column, wherein the channel of the channel member is configured to partially surround a portion of the body portion of the column, and wherein the cable tray support system is spacially oriented relative to the raised floor system; and (d) a means for positioning a portion of one of the respective first and second channel members in electrical communication with a portion of one of the plurality of upright, fixed columns of the floor system to form an electrical ground for the cable tray support system.