Patent ID: 8520996

Claim:
A fiber optic terminal, comprising: a housing for receiving a first fiber optic cable routed in a cable tray, wherein the housing has a top, a bottom, a front section and a back side, and wherein the housing is removably mounted to the cable tray, and wherein the bottom is connected to the back side by a hinge allowing the housing to be opened and closed by rotating the bottom about the hinge; a fiber optic adapter for optically connecting an optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable with an optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable, and wherein the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend to fiber optic equipment, and wherein the fiber optic adapter is angled in the direction in which the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend; at least one of a slack management device and routing guide mounted to a bottom surface of the top such that the at least one of the slack management device and routing guide extends towards the bottom, and a latch plate on the front section, wherein the latch plate has a latch mechanism configured to releasably engage the bottom to the latch plate when the housing is in the closed position.