Patent ID: 8216004

Claim:
A cable management system comprising: a) a rack including two upwardly extending side supports, the rack being configured to hold telecommunications equipment having front cable connection locations; and b) a ribcage cable support member mounted to one of the side supports of the rack, the ribcage cable support member including: 1) a middle support having a front, a rear, and two sides, the middle support including a spool positioned on the front; and 2) two columns of ribs, each column of ribs being located at one side of the middle support, each column of ribs extending transversely away from the front of the middle support, each rib including a main portion extending from the middle support and a cable retention tab, each main portion of the ribs of one column being horizontally aligned with the main portion of one of the ribs of the other column, each cable retention tab extending generally toward the ribs of the other column, wherein a cable positioning chamber is defined by the middle support and the two column of ribs; c) wherein the ribs of the two columns are vertically spaced apart so as to provide a single rib adjacent to every row of front cable connection locations of telecommunications equipment when telecommunications equipment is mounted to the rack d) wherein the spool is positioned only within a vertical spacing defined between free ends of the cable retention tabs of the two columns of ribs.