Hinged wiring block

A wiring block mountable to a support surface for terminating communication wires, comprising:

• a base having a first support member and a second support member, the first and second support members being spaced apart to form a cabling channel therebetween for receiving communication wires;
• a termination strip mounted to the first and second support members having a row of spaced-apart teeth defining a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots for receiving a respective one of the communication wires;
• and
• wherein the first mounting portion has a first wall with a tab extending away from the first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall defining a groove having the same shape as the tab such that adjacent wiring blocks may be interlocked to one another with their cabling channels aligned, with the tab of one wiring block located in the groove of an adjacent wiring block.

A cable management block mountable to a support surface for managing communication cables comprising:

• a cable management base having a first support member and a second support member, the first and second support members of the cable management base being spaced apart to form a cabling channel therebetween for receiving communication wires;
• a cable management strip having a laterally extending clip base and at least three laterally spaced pairs of opposed cable management fingers extending from the clip base to form a cabling passage between the plurality of pairs and the clip base;
• wherein the clip base has a first end that is removably attachable to the first support member and a second end that is hingedly connected to the second support member such that the cable management strip is movable between a closed position wherein the first end of the clip base is attached to the first support member closing off the cabling channel and an open position wherein the first end of the clip base is detached and pivoted away from the first support member to form an opening therebetween to permit insertion and removal of communication wires through the opening between the first end of the clip base and the first support member into and out of the cabling channel;
• wherein the second end portion of the cable management strip is hingedly connected to the second support member about a hinge axis that is perpendicular to the cabling passage.