Patent ID: 7352945

Claim:
A telecommunications cabinet comprising: an enclosure having a longitudinal axis; a splitter mounted within the enclosure for splitting a fiber optic signal carried by a first cable into a plurality of fiber optic signals carried by second cables; a plurality of adjacently positioned adapter trays mounted within the enclosure, each tray being pivotable about an axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the enclosure, each adapter tray housing a plurality of adapters for connecting the second cables to third cables, each tray including a base defining an interior volume and a cover for covering the base, at least one of the plurality of adapters being mounted on the cover and at least a portion of the third cables being positioned in the interior volume defined by the base; and an excess cable storage structure for storing second cables that are not connected to the third cables by the adapters, the excess cable storage structure providing a termination location for the second cables without providing a continuous optical path for the fiber optic signals, the excess cable storage structure providing the termination location for the second cables without providing a continuous optical path for the fiber optic signals being positioned at a location outside of the plurality of adapter trays within the enclosure.