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US 8,558,113 B2Granted
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.
Claims9
A cable manager comprising one or more cable manager units, each having:
- (a) a pair of side cable guides, each comprised of a plurality of generally T-shaped projections, each having a shaft and a crosspiece, extending forwardly from a support column;
- (b) at least one hinge boss on each of the pair of side cable guides, the at least one hinge boss being disposed at the end of one of the generally T-shaped projections;
- (c) a door, having a center panel and a hinge structure along edges thereof to receive one or more of the hinge bosses, thereby facilitating rotatable attachment of the door to the side cable guides;
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- (d) a seperate midsection member for interconnecting the pair of side cable guides, wherein the midsection member is adapted to be received in sockets arranged in the pair of side cable guides;
- (e) wherein the door is adapted to be opened along either side thereof by detaching the hinge structure from the at least one hinge boss at one side of the door and rotating the door about another at least one hinge boss at the opposite side of the door;
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- (f) wherein the hinge structure includes a stop adapted to bear against the at least one hinge boss, thereby preventing the door from becoming misaligned with the pair of side cable guides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.