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.
Claims20
A cable manager comprising one or more cable manager units, each cable manager unit comprising:
- (a) 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 having a socket arranged at a side thereof;
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- (b) a separate midsection member capable of insertion into the socket for interconnecting the pair of side cable guides;
- (c) wherein two cable manager units are stacked on top of one another in an end-to-end relationship and connected together with at least one splice plate, thereby forming a modular cable manager;
- (d) wherein the side cable guides at one side of the modular cable manager each include a lock tab disposed thereon that corresponds with slots at opposite ends of the at least one splice plate, wherein the lock tab is adapted to be deflectable until the at least one splice plate is fully seated;
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- (e) wherein the at least one splice plate includes a locking catch, at each end thereof, for hooking around a respective locking tab.
A cable manager comprising one or more cable manager units, each cable manager unit comprising:
- (a) 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 having a socket arranged at a side thereof;
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- (b) a separate midsection member capable of insertion into the socket for interconnecting the pair of side cable guides;
- (c) wherein two cable manager units are stacked on top of one another in an end-to-end relationship and connected together with at least one splice plate, thereby forming a modular cable manager;
- (d) wherein the side cable guides at one side of the modular cable manager each include a lock tab disposed thereon that corresponds with slots at opposite ends of the at least one splice plate, wherein the lock tab is adapted to be deflectable until the at least one splice plate is fully seated;
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- (e) wherein the at least one splice plate is removable from the side cable guides by depressing the locking tabs.
A cable manager comprising one or more cable manager units, each cable manager unit comprising:
- (a) a pair of side cable guides, each comprised of a plurality of finger like-projections extending forwardly from a support column, each of the pair of support columns having a socket arranged at a side thereof;
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- (b) a separate midsection member for interconnecting the pair of side cable guides, the separate midsection member having a generally uniform cross-sectional shape, the uniform cross-sectional shape at a first end being capable of insertion into the socket of the support column of a first of the pair of side cable guides and the uniform cross-sectional shape at a second end being capable of insertion into the socket of the support column of a second of the pair of side cable guides;
- (c) wherein each socket has a large taper such that the width of an entrance thereof is wider than the width of the midsection member and the interior of the socket is narrower than the entrance.
A cable manager comprising one or more cable manager units, each cable manager unit comprising:
- (a) a pair of side cable guides, each comprised of a plurality of finger like-projections extending forwardly from a support column, each of the pair of support columns having a socket arranged at a side thereof;
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- (b) a separate midsection member for interconnecting the pair of side cable guides, the separate midsection member having a generally uniform cross-sectional shape, the uniform cross-sectional shape at a first end being capable of insertion into the socket of the support column of a first of the pair of side cable guides and the uniform cross-sectional shape at a second end being capable of insertion into the socket of the support column of a second of the pair of side cable guides;
- (c) wherein the midsection member includes a web having flanges at opposite sides thereof.
A cable manager comprising one or more cable manager units, each cable manager unit comprising:
- (a) 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 having a socket arranged at a side thereof;
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- (b) a separate midsection member having a generally uniform cross-sectional shape, the uniform cross-sectional shape at an end of the midsection member being capable of insertion into the socket for interconnecting the pair of side cable guides;
- (c) wherein the midsection member includes a web having flanges at opposite sides thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.