Compact splice enclosure with improved access to adapters

Abstract

A splice enclosure that may include a body portion, a lower portion, an adapter portion, and a splice portion. The adapter portion may be configured to pivot relative to the body portion between a first adapter portion position and a second adapter portion position. The splice portion may be configured to pivot relative to the body portion between a first splice portion position and a second splice portion position. The adapter portion may configured to be disposed between the splice portion and the lower portion when the splice portion is in the first splice portion position and the adapter portion is in the first adapter portion position such that the splice portion is configured to block access to the adapter portion The splice portion also may be configured to permit access to the adapter portion when the splice portion is pivoted to the second splice portion position such that the adapter portion is configured to be selectively pivoted to the second adapter portion position so as to provide improved access to an adapter that is configured to be coupled with the adapter portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.