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.
Claims20
A method of arranging or assembling a modular cable manager without the aid of tools, the method comprising:
- providing first and second side cable guides each comprised of a plurality of projections that extend forwardly from a support column;
- providing a first midsection member having a first length;
- inserting a first end of the first midsection member into a socket of the support column of the first side cable guide such that the first end of the first midsection member is engaged and held therein;
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- 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 such that the second end of the first midsection member is engaged and held therein.
A method of arranging or assembling a modular cable manager without the aid of tools, the method comprising:
- providing first and second side cable guides each comprised of a plurality of projections that extend forwardly from a support column, wherein each of the first and second side cable guides;
- providing a first midsection member having a first length, first and second opposing ends, and first and second opposing sides;
- connecting the first end of the first midsection member to a designated portion of the support column of the first side cable guide such that a locking tab of the support column of the first side cable guide engages a first locking aperture penetrating at least one of the first and second opposing sides at the first end of the first midsection member;
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- connecting a second end of the first midsection member, opposite the first end, to a designated portion of the support column of the second side cable guide such that a locking tab of the support column of the second side cable guide engages a second locking aperture penetrating at least one of the first and second opposing sides at the second end of the first midsection member.
A method of arranging or assembling a modular cable manager without the aid of tools, the method comprising:
- providing first and second side cable guides each comprised of a plurality of projections that extend forwardly from a support column;
- providing a first midsection member having a first length and a generally uniform cross-sectional shape that primarily comprises a flat narrow web;
- connecting a first end of the first midsection member to a designated portion of the support column of the first side cable guide such that a locking tab of the support column of the first side cable guide engages the first end of the first midsection member;
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- connecting a second end of the first midsection member, opposite the first end, to a designated portion of the support column of the second side cable guide such that a locking tab of the support column of the second side cable guide engages the second end of the first midsection member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.