Finger clip cable management assembly
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsJing WANG, Wenyong WU
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Abstract
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a finger clip for providing controlled cable access to a cable routing aperture through a gap defined between adjacent first and second cable management members. The finger clip can be constructed and arranged for slidable engagement with at least one of a first extension of the first cable management member and a second extension of the second cable management member such that the finger clip can slide between an open position in which the gap is unobscured by the main body and a closed position in which the gap is closed by the main body.
Claims20
A finger clip for providing controlled cable access to a cable routing aperture through a gap defined between adjacent first and second cable management members, the finger clip comprising:
- (a) a main body extending from a first end to a second end;
- (b) an attachment portion formed as part of the main body, the attachment portion being constructed and arranged for slidable engagement with at least one of a first extension of the first cable management member and a second extension of the second cable management member such that the main body can slide between an open position in which the gap is unobscured by the main body and a closed position in which the gap is closed by the main body;
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- (c) a position retaining portion formed as part of the main body, the position retaining member being constructed and arranged to retain the finger clip in at least one of the closed position and the open position.
A cable arrangement assembly for a telecommunications rack, the cable management assembly comprising:
- (a) a first cable management member defining a first extension;
- (b) a second cable management member defining a second extension, wherein the first and second cable management members together define a cable routing aperture that can be accessed by a cable through a gap defined between the first and second extensions;
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- (c) a finger clip slidably engaged with one or both of the first and second extensions and movable between an open position in which the gap is unobscured by the finger clip and a closed position in which the gap is closed by the finger clip.
A method of managing cables in a telecommunications rack;
- (a) providing adjacent first and second cable management members respectively defining first and second extensions that form a gap, wherein the first and second cable management members define a cable routing aperture accessible through the gap;
- (b) sliding a finger clip attached to one or both of the first and second extensions into an open position such that the gap is unobscured by the finger clip;
- (c) inserting one or more cables into the cable routing aperture through the gap;
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- (d) sliding the finger clip into a closed position in which the gap is blocked by the finger clip, thereby securing the cables within the cable routing aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.