Patent ID: 8780538

Claim:
A cable management apparatus, comprising: a guide rail; a plurality of slide members slidably mounted to the guide rail; and a plurality of cable supports, wherein the cable supports are foldable and connected end to end through the slide members; wherein each of the cable supports comprises a first end and a second end, the first end of one of the cable supports and the second end of a next one of the cable supports are rotatably connected to a same one of the slide members, the cable supports are unfolded to spread a cable rested on and extending along the cable supports, in response to the slide members sliding to increase a distance between two adjacent ones of the slide members; and the cable supports are folded to wind up the cable, in response to the slide members sliding to decrease the distance between two adjacent ones of the slide members; wherein each of the slide members comprises a carriage, and at least one wheel assembly attached a bottom of the carriage and slidably rested on the guide rail, and the carriage comprises a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion to be correspondingly rotatably connected to the first end of one of the cable supports and the second end of a next one of the cable supports; and wherein the carriage of each of the slide members further comprises a bottom plate supporting the first and second coupling portions, and a band extending from the bottom plate, and the bands of the carriages bind the cable together with the corresponding bottom plates.