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US 10,767,853 B2Granted
Overhead cable management system with integrated lighting
AssigneeTelect, Inc.
InventorWayne E. Williams
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Abstract
A cable management system may comprise a longitudinal trough with a plurality of lights disposed on an underside of the trough. A power connector may be disposed at an end of the trough communicatively coupled to the plurality of lights. The cable management system may also comprise a second trough or one of a plurality of cable management components, each with a plurality of lights disposed on an underside and a power connector communicatively coupled to the pluralities of lights. The first trough, the second trough, and/or the plurality of cable management components may mate together to form a continuous circuit.
Claims20
A cable management trough comprising:
- a first side wall and a second side wall each extending from a bottom wall to form a substantially U-shaped cross-section, each of the first side wall, the second side wall, and the bottom wall extending a longitudinal length, the first side wall including a first end proximate to the bottom wall and a second end distal from the bottom wall, the second side wall including a first end proximate to the bottom wall and a second end distal from the bottom wall, the first end of the first side wall and the first end of the second side wall being a first distance apart, the second end of the first side wall and the second end of the second side wall being a second distance apart, and the first distance being less than the second distance;
- a channel extending at least a portion of the longitudinal length within the bottom wall, the channel defined by:
- a horizontal upper surface of the bottom wall and a horizontal lower surface of the bottom wall with the channel being located between the horizontal upper surface and the horizontal lower surface, the horizontal upper surface and the horizontal lower surface being continuous between the first side wall and the second side wall;
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- a plurality of vertical ribs that connect the horizontal upper surface and the horizontal lower surface, the channel being located between a first vertical rib of the plurality of vertical ribs and a second vertical rib of the plurality of vertical ribs;
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- at least one light disposed in the channel.
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A cable trough comprising:
- a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall and, the second side wall extending a longitudinal length and being arranged such that a cross-section thereof is substantially U-shaped, the first side wall and the second side wall protruding away from the bottom wall in a first direction and the first side wall or the second side wall having a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion forming a first angle with the bottom wall that is greater than 90 degrees and the upper portion forming a second angle with the bottom wall that is between about 85 and about 95 degrees, the first side wall including a first end proximate to the bottom wall and a second end distal from the bottom wall, the second side wall including a first end proximate to the bottom wall and a second end distal from the bottom wall, the first end of the first side wall and the first end of the second side wall being a first distance apart, the second end of the first side wall and the second end of the second side wall being a second distance apart, and the first distance being less than the second distance;
- a channel extending at least a portion of the longitudinal length within the bottom wall, the bottom wall having a first horizontal surface and a second horizontal surface with the channel being located between the first horizontal surface and the second horizontal surface;
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- a plurality of lights disposed at least partially in the channel.
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A cable management lighting system comprising:
- a plurality of overhead cable routing components, at least one of the plurality of overhead cable routing components having a substantially U-shaped cross section with a first side wall and a second side wall protruding from a bottom wall;
- a plurality of coupler components securing the plurality of overhead cable routing components together,
- one or more lights disposed within the bottom wall of the at least one of the plurality of overhead cable routing components, the bottom wall having a horizontal upper surface and a horizontal lower surface and the one or more lights being located between the horizontal upper surface and the horizontal lower surface, the horizontal upper surface and the horizontal lower surface being continuous between the first side wall and the second side wall, the first side wall including a first end proximate to the bottom wall and a second end distal from the bottom wall, the second side wall including a first end proximate to the bottom wall and a second end distal from the bottom wall, the first end of the first side wall and the first end of the second side wall being a first distance apart, the second end of the first side wall and the second end of the second side wall being a second distance apart, and the first distance being less than the second distance;
- a power connector disposed on at least one end of the at least one of the plurality of overhead cable routing components;
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- a power supply communicatively coupled with the one or more lights through the power connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.