Vertical cable manager
AssigneeChatsworth Products, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Krietzman, Joshua James Young, D. Brian Donowho
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Abstract
A cable manager includes one or more cable manager units. Each cable manager unit includes a pair of side cable guides, each comprised of a plurality of finger-like projections extending forwardly from a support column. At least one of the pair of support columns has a socket arranged at a side thereof. Each cable manager unit further includes a separate midsection member capable of insertion into the socket for interconnecting the pair of side cable guides.
Claims14
A method of arranging or assembling a modular cable manager without the aid of tools, the method comprising:
- providing upper and lower cable manager units, each comprised of a pair of side cable guides interconnected via a separate midsection member, each side cable guide including a plurality of projections that extend forwardly from a support column;
- providing a splice plate having a beveled locking catch at each of first and second opposite ends thereof;
- positioning the first end of the splice plate within a first receiving area disposed at a top of a selected one of the support columns of the lower cable manager unit;
- maneuvering the splice plate so that the beveled locking catch at the first end deflects and then releases a lock tab, disposed at an interior of the first receiving area, into a locked position, thereby securing the first end of the splice plate to the lower cable manager unit;
- positioning the second end of the splice plate within a second receiving area disposed at a bottom of a selected one of the support columns of the upper cable manager unit;
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- maneuvering the splice plate so that the beveled locking catch at the second end deflects and then releases a lock tab, disposed at an interior of the second receiving area, into a locked position, thereby securing the second end of the splice plate to the upper cable manager unit;
- wherein, upon securement of the splice plate to each of the upper and lower cable manager units, the upper and lower cable manager units are secured in an end-to-end relationship.
A method of arranging or assembling a modular cable manager without the aid of tools, the method comprising:
- providing first, second, third and fourth side cable guides each comprised of a plurality of projections that extend forwardly from a support column;
- providing first and second midsection members each having a generally uniform cross-sectional shape;
- providing a splice plate having a locking catch at each of first and second opposite ends thereof;
- inserting a first end of the first midsection member into a socket of the support column of the first side cable guide and inserting a second end of the first midsection member, opposite the first end, into a socket of the support column of the second side cable guide, thereby forming a first cable manager unit;
- inserting a first end of the second midsection member into a socket of the support column of the third side cable guide and inserting a second end of the second midsection member, opposite the first end, into a socket of the support column of the fourth side cable guide, thereby forming a second cable manager unit;
- positioning the first end of the splice plate within a first receiving area disposed at a top of a selected one of the support columns of the first cable manager unit so that a locking catch at the first end engages a lock tab disposed at an interior of the first receiving area;
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- positioning the second end of the splice plate within a second receiving area disposed at a bottom of a selected one of the support columns of the second cable manager unit so that a locking catch at the second end engages a lock tab disposed at an interior of the second receiving area;
- wherein, upon engagement of the locking catches of the splice plate with the respective lock tabs, the first and second cable manager units are secured in an end-to-end relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.