Universal mounting backboard

A modularized device for mounting the terminals of telephone cables and the like, comprising an apertured backboard panel adapted to be mounted to a complementary support, a plurality of bracket means and one or more elongated terminal blocks, said backboard including a substantially planar portion and means for spacing the planar portion from the complementary support, the plurality of apertures in said support provided in a predetermined pattern of orientation;

• a plurality of said bracket means mounted in spaced relation on said backboard, said bracket means including a base for mounting each of said bracket means in juxtaposition relative to said planar portion, fastener means associated with the base of each of said bracket means and cooperative with one or more of the margins of said apertures to orient said bracket means relative to said planar portion in predetermined orientation patterns relative to each other, said bracket means further including one or more support pillars providing laterally spaced positive shoulder support means spaced from said base a substantial distance with said shoulder means lying in a plane substantially parallel to said panel and forming an open throat configuration adapted to permit said associated cables to be laid into and within said open throat of each of the said bracket means said throat extending longitudinally of the terminal block to be supported by said bracket means, each bracket means further including additional independently resilient means for receiving and retaining a portion of an associated terminal block positioned on said positive shoulder support means in spaced relation to said planar portion of the backboard and to capture the one or more cables laid into the bracket means between said base of said bracket means and the terminal block, each said terminal block being supported by at least two spaced bracket means mounted in spaced predetermined positioned apertures in said backboard suitably accepting and orienting one or more of a corresponding variety of differently dimensioned terminal blocks, the spacing between each said terminal blocks and the base of its cooperating bracket means base being adequate to permit each of the associated cables to be fed laterally with the individual wires in said cables being connectable to an individual terminal in said block, each bracket fastener means being insertable from the face of said planar portion opposite from said complementary support.