Patent ID: 8781281

Claim:
A fiber optic cable comprising: an outer jacket having an elongated transverse cross-sectional profile defining a major axis and a minor axis that meet at a lengthwise axis of the fiber optic cable, the elongated transverse cross-sectional profile having a width that extends along the major axis and a thickness that extends along the minor axis, the width of the elongated transverse cross-sectional profile being longer than the thickness of the elongated transverse cross-sectional profile, the outer jacket also defining a central fiber passage that extends through the outer jacket along a lengthwise axis of the outer jacket, the central fiber passage being centered about the lengthwise axis of the outer jacket and being elongated along the major axis of the elongated transverse cross-sectional profile of the outer jacket; an optical fiber ribbon positioned within the central fiber passage; and reinforcing member configurations positioned within the outer jacket on opposite sides of the central fiber passage, each of the reinforcing member configurations having a transverse cross-sectional profile including first and second legs that are angled relative to one another such that the first and second legs diverge as the first and second legs extend toward the minor axis.