Patent ID: 8886004

Claim:
A cable routing system, comprising: a) a lateral trough section defining a cable pathway substantially horizontal to the ground and having an upstanding side of substantially uniform height terminating at a top edge; and b) a cable exit component releasably mountable to the lateral trough section, the cable exit component including a body having: i) a convexly curved first surface extending in a direction leading away from the lateral trough section in a direction substantially perpendicular to the lateral trough section and defining an apex located outside the lateral trough section at a point higher than the top edge and laterally offset from the upstanding side, the first surface having a first curved portion leading upwardly relative to the lateral trough section from adjacent the top edge to the apex, the first curved portion being curved so as not to violate a minimum cable bend radius, and with a second curved portion leading from the apex downwardly and away from the first curved portion, the second curved portion being curved so as not to violate the minimum cable bend radius, wherein the first surface, when the cable exit component is mounted to the lateral trough section, defines a curved cable exit pathway for guiding a plurality of cables over the upstanding side of the lateral trough section, then in a downward direction; and ii) a first lead-in and a second lead-in positioned adjacent to opposite sides of the first surface and positioned directly above a bottom of the lateral trough section when the cable exit component is mounted to the lateral trough section, wherein when the cable exit component is mounted to the lateral trough section the first lead-in includes a curved surface positioned to transition cables toward the cable exit pathway from the lateral trough section from a first direction while maintaining a cable minimum bend radius, and the second lead-in includes a curved surface positioned to transition cables toward the cable exit pathway from a second direction opposite the first direction while maintaining a cable minimum bend radius.