Patent ID: 7231125

Claim:
A radius limiter for an optical fiber cable management panel; the radius limiter comprising: (a) a frame piece defining a curved trough section; (b) a cover member attached to the frame piece and positionable in an open position and a closed position, the cover member being sized to cover only part of the trough section when positioned in the closed position; and (c) a bell-mouth structure that defines a trough entry into the curved trough section of the frame piece, the bell-mouth structure including an outwardly flared cable guide surface; (d) wherein the outwardly flared cable guide surface circumscribes only part of the perimeter of the trough entry when the cover member is positioned in the open position, and wherein the outwardly flared cable guide surface circumscribes the entire perimeter of the trough entry when the cover member is positioned in the closed position.