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US 7,362,941 B2Granted
Cable management system
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsEric R. Rinderer, Bruce Neace
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Abstract
A cable management system for routing cable with respect to electronic equipment. This system has a variety of improvements providing greater flexibility in routing cable to and from the equipment.
Claims16
A cable management system for routing cable with respect to electronic equipment, said cable management system comprising:
- a cable manager for defining a cable path, said cable manager comprising a first side comprising a first wall, a second side comprising a second wall spaced from the first wall to define the cable path, a first set of one or more cable guides projecting from the first wall and a second set of one or more cable guides projecting from the second wall, the cable guides of said first and second sets of cable guides having free ends spaced from one another to define a gap therebetween at said front of the cable manager, at least one gate spanning the gap between a first cable guide of said first cable guide set and a second cable guide of said second cable guide set, said at least one gate being movable between an open position to facilitate access to the cable path defined by the cable manager, and a closed position, and a closure adjacent the free ends of the cable guides of said first and second cable guide sets for closing a front of the cable manager.
A cable management system for routing cable with respect to electronic equipment, said cable management system comprising:
- a cable manager adapted to define a cable path, said cable manager comprising
- a left side comprising a left side wall,
- a right side comprising a right side wall,
- cable guides projecting forward from the left and right side walls for maintaining groups of one or more cables separate from one another, and
- at least one gate attachable to a first cable guide projecting forward from one side wall of the cable manager and to a second cable guide projecting forward from the other side wall of the cable manager generally opposite the first cable guide for spanning the gap between the first cable guide and the second cable guide, said at least one gate being movable between an open position to facilitate access to the cable path defined by the cable manager, and a closed position.
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A cable management system for routing cable with respect to electronic equipment, said cable management system comprising:
- a cable manager adapted to define a cable path, said cable manager comprising a first side comprising a first side wall, a second side comprising a second side wall opposing said first side wall, first and second sets of one or more cable guides projecting forward from the first and second side walls, respectively, for maintaining groups of one or more cables separate from one another, and at least one gate attachable to a cable guide of the first set of cable guides projecting forward from the first side wall of the cable manager and to a cable guide of the second set of cable guides projecting forward from the second side wall of the cable manager generally opposite said cable guide of the first set of cable guides for spanning the gap between the two cable guides, said at least one gate being movable between an open position to facilitate access to the cable path defined by the cable manager, and a closed position;
- and a closure adjacent the free ends of the cable guides of said first and second cable guide sets for closing a front of the cable manager, said closure being positioned on a side of said at least one gate opposite said cable path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.