Patent ID: 8141224

Claim:
A patch panel labelling system for mounting to a telecommunications rack comprising a pair of spaced vertical rails and a connector module mounted between the vertical rails, the module comprising a front face lying in a first plane and a plurality of connectors arranged along the front face for each terminating a cable, the labelling system comprising: a pair of sliders attached at opposite sides of the module adjacent the rails, said pair of sliders extending away from the front face along a second plane intersecting the first plane along a substantially horizontal axis; a labelling plate mounted to the rack in front of the module and attached to free ends of said pair of sliders, said plate comprising a planar labelling surface and a plurality of labels on said labelling surface, each of said plurality of labels identifying at least one of the plurality of connectors; wherein said labelling plate is moveable about a first substantially horizontal pivot axis between a first position wherein said plate is opposite the front face, said labelling surface facing away from the plurality of connectors and substantially parallel to the first plane and each of said plurality of labels is opposite said at least one of the plurality of connectors and a second position where said plate is pivoted away from the front face and lies in said second plane thereby providing access to the plurality of connectors; and further wherein said plate is moveable from said second position to a third position where said plate is slid along said pair of sliders towards the front face.