Patent ID: 8403154

Claim:
A cable management assembly, comprising: a) a panel including a front interface portion having a width and a length, the interface portion having shaped apertures aligned in columns and rows, the columns and rows of shaped apertures defining a repeating pattern that extends along a majority of the length and across a majority of the width of the front interface portion, the rows of shaped apertures including rows of square apertures, the panel further including flanges oriented perpendicular to the front interface portion, the flanges defining holes for mounting the panel to a telecommunications panel; and (b) a plurality of cable management devices each having integral attachments, the integral attachments including first and second hooks arranged to engage two separate square apertures of the pattern; (c) wherein the cable management devices secure to the interface portion by only the integral attachments, and wherein the cable management devices are removable from the interface portion without the use of a tool, and without having to access a backside of the panel; (d) wherein the plurality of cable management devices includes different types of cable management devices including: (i) at least one cable guide including a plurality of projecting cable management fingers arranged vertically; (ii) at least one cable channel guide defining a vertical cable channel; and (iii) at least one cable radius limiter defining a half cylindrical surface configured to limit the bend radius of stored cabling.