Adhesive-backed communications media cabling and system
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsVictor J. Borer, William G. Allen, Curtis L. Shoemaker
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Abstract
An adhesive-backed communications media cable includes a duct having a conduit portion with a lengthwise bore formed therein. The conduit portion includes an Ethernet over twisted pair communication line. The duct also includes a flange extending lengthwise with the conduit portion. An adhesive layer is disposed on a surface of the flange such that the duct is mountable to a mounting surface via the adhesive layer. A system for distributing multiple communications media lines in a living unit includes a multimedia receptacle mountable on a wall or mounting surface and an adhesive-backed communications media duct.
Claims11
An adhesive-backed communications media cable, comprising:
- a duct having a conduit portion with a lengthwise bore formed therein, the conduit portion including an Ethernet over twisted pair communication line contained within the bore;
- a flange extending lengthwise with the conduit portion;
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- an adhesive layer is disposed on a surface of the flange such that the duct is mountable to a mounting surface via the adhesive layer.
An adhesive-backed communications media cable, comprising:
- a duct having a conduit portion with a lengthwise bore formed therein, the conduit portion including one of a USB line and an active optical USB line;
- a flange extending lengthwise with the conduit portion;
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- an adhesive layer is disposed on a surface of the flange such that the duct is mountable to a mounting surface via the adhesive layer.
An adhesive-backed communications media cable, comprising:
- a duct having a conduit portion with a lengthwise bore formed therein, the conduit portion including a high definition signal line contained within the bore, the high definition signal line comprising at least one of an HDMI line, an active optical HDMI line, and an active copper HDMI line;
- a flange extending lengthwise with the conduit portion;
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- an adhesive layer is disposed on a surface of the flange such that the duct is mountable to a mounting surface via the adhesive layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.