Patent ID: 8701897

Claim:
A cable extension mechanism comprising: a housing; a plurality of cable tray segments adapted to retain elongate material therein, wherein each cable tray segment includes first and second cable trays; a sheave disposed on an axle between the first and second cable trays thereby forming an extendable elbow; at least one wheel assembly coupled to each cable tray segment to enable the tray segment to articulate between a first position wherein the elongate material is stored, and a first end of the elongate material is separated from a second end of the elongate material by a first length, the first length is shorter than an actual length of the elongate material and a substantially flat second position, wherein the first end of the elongate material is separated from the second end of the elongate material by a second length, the second length is longer than the first length; and a pulley system that is operably controlled by an air pump to retract at least one of the tray segments.