Cable management system
AssigneeMagpul Industries Corp.
InventorsMichael Werner, Zachary Freeman, Cristopher McRae
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Abstract
A cable management device having a cap with cable channels and an aperture through which a plug is removably coupled to secure the cable management device into an accessory mounting slot. The cable channels can be open on a bottom of the device to accept one or more cables and capture them between the cable management device and a surface of the object with the accessory slots. The cable management device enables toolless installation, secured mounting in the absence of a cable, cable routing in multiple orientations and the ability to hold more than one cable at a time.
Claims19
A cable management system comprising:
- a cable management device comprising:
- a means for removably coupling the cable management device to a slot;
- two or more cable channels on a bottom of the cable management device, wherein two of the two or more cable channels intersect;
- an aperture;
- and
- a first plug slidingly engaged in the aperture, wherein full insertion of the first plug into the aperture causes the means for removably coupling the cable management device to the slot to secure the cable management device in a location along the slot;
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- a first cable secured within one of the two or more cable channels when the first plug is fully inserted into the aperture.
A device comprising:
- a cap comprising:
- an aperture;
- at least two cable channels open on a bottom of the cap to accept one or more cables, wherein two of the at least two cable channels intersect;
- and
- two locking members forming sides of the aperture and extending below a bottom of the at least two cable channels, the two locking members configured to couple to an object via a slot in the object;
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- a plug removably engaged in the aperture and configured to press the two locking members against sides of the slot and prevent inadvertent removal of the device from the slot when the plug is fully inserted into the aperture thereby securing the device at a selected position along the slot.
A method of routing cables comprising:
- inserting locking members of a cap of a cable management system into an accessory interface slot;
- capturing a cable in one of one or more cable channels on an underside of the cap, wherein two of the one or more cable channels intersect;
- adjusting a position of the cable management system along the accessory interface slot;
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- pressing a plug into an aperture in the cap to secure the position of the cable management system along the accessory interface slot as well as a position of the cable along the accessory interface slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.