Patent ID: 7584597

Claim:
Cable-routing device having a longitudinal direction and a longitudinal axis, comprising links, said links having open ends, said links joined together by pivoting joints and capable of being angled relative to each other in at least two directions, said links being arranged one behind the other in said longitudinal direction of said cable-routing device and including guide elements forming at least one guide channel, where said pivoting joints are located inside said links and said pivoting joints comprise corresponding joint elements, characterized in that at least one said pivoting joint is designed in such a way that, in order to form and disconnect said pivoting joint, said respective links and joint elements to be joined to one another and disconnected from one another can be joined and separated in a direction that differs from said longitudinal axis of said cable-routing device, further characterized in that said corresponding joint elements comprise a joint body and a joint body receptacle, wherein said receptacle includes a longitudinal axis and said receptacle is substantially symmetrical with respect to said longitudinal axis of said receptacle, whereby said longitudinal axis of said receptacle differs in direction from said longitudinal axis of said cable-routing device.