Patent ID: 6968111

Claim:
A cable management panel comprising: (a) a chassis defining an interior; (b) a drawer slidably mounted within the chassis interior, the drawer slideable between a first position with the drawer fully inserted within the chassis interior, and a second position with the drawer extended from the interior of the chassis; (c) a cable take-up mechanism including a push member slidably mounted on the drawer and movable from a first location on the drawer toward a second location on the drawer; (i) the second location being forward of the first location; (ii) the push member being slideably mounted to the chassis; and (iii) the push member including a convexly-curved vertical surface extending upwardly from the drawer; and (d) a control mechanism to control movement of the push member relative to the drawer; (i) the control mechanism moving the push member between the first and second locations as the drawer is moved between the second and first position; and (ii) the control mechanism moving the push member in synchronized movement with movement of the drawer relative to the chassis.