Patent ID: 7539387

Claim:
A terminal assembly comprising: an enclosure defining an interior volume, the enclosure including a first end positioned opposite from a second end; an opening defined at a first end of the enclosure; a fiber optic cable that extends away from the opening in a first direction; the enclosure including a cable connection region at which the enclosure defines a plurality of adapter mounting openings; a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted at the adapter mounting openings, each of the fiber optic adapters including a first end accessible from within the interior volume of the enclosure and a second end accessible from outside the enclosure; and the enclosure including first and second tabs protruding outwardly from the first end of the enclosure in the first direction of the fiber optic cable, the first tab having a first surface that faces a second surface of the second tab, the first and second tabs being separated by a notch that extends from the first surface of the first tab to the second surface of the second tab, each of the first and second tabs defining at least one hole.