Patent ID: 8127939

Claim:
A cable trough system comprising: a plurality of telecommunications equipment racks having a top and a bottom, the racks positioned adjacent one another; a first plurality of cable troughs, each trough including a mounting side, a bottom extending generally perpendicular to the mounting side, a first outer wall a first distance from the mounting wall, the first outer wall extending upward from the bottom, and a second outer wall a second distance from the mounting wall, the second outer wall extending upward from the bottom; a first cableway defined by the mounting wall, the bottom and the first outer wall of each cable trough; a second cableway defined by the mounting wall, the bottom and the second outer wall of each cable trough; and a cable access opening defined in the bottom within the second cableway; wherein the mounting wall of one of the first plurality of cable troughs is attached to each equipment rack adjacent to the top of each equipment rack; and the cable troughs of adjacent equipment racks cooperate to form a generally continuous upper cable raceway along the plurality of equipment racks.