Modular assembly for supporting fiber optic splices

A modular assembly for supporting fiber optic splices, comprising:

• a tray having a floor, a depression in the floor having sidewalls that extend downward from an upper surface of the floor to a bottom of the depression, and a tab that extends outward from one of the depression sidewalls and into the depression;
• a cradle including a base configured to be seated in the depression, the cradle base having a first face positioned away from the bottom and an opposite second face positioned towards the bottom when the cradle base is seated in the depression, an area of the base being smaller than or equal to an area of the depression to enable the cradle base to be seated in the depression, the cradle base including a shelf recessed into the first face at the first side of the cradle base, the shelf being positioned between the bottom of the depression and the tab when the cradle base is seated in the depression;
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• a splice holder mounted to the first face of the cradle base and defining a plurality of slots, wherein each of the plurality of slots is positioned over the depression and is sized to receive fiber optic splices.

A method of securing a cradle for supporting fiber optic splices to a modular tray, the cradle including a cradle base having first and second opposing faces and first and second opposing sides, the method comprising:

• moving a first side of the cradle base into a depression in a floor of the tray such that the first face of the cradle base is positioned away from a bottom of the depression and the second face of the cradle base is positioned towards the bottom of the depression;
• positioning a shelf recessed into the first face at the first side of the cradle base between the bottom of the depression and a tab extending outward from a sidewall of the depression into the depression;
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• moving the second side of the cradle base into the depression such that the cradle base is positioned into the depression and is beneath the an upper surface of the floor of the tray, a protrusion extending from the second side of the cradle base is received into a slot in a sidewall of the depression, and each of a plurality of axially aligned slots extending from the first face of the cradle base and are positioned over the depression.