Adjustably positionable cable dropout for cable tray

In combination, a cable tray and a cable dropout for the cable tray, the combination comprising:

• the cable tray is configured for supporting cables along a cable path, the cable tray comprising:
• first and second separated side rails extending along the cable path;
• a plurality of rungs extending across the cable tray and attached to the side rails, such that the rungs define a width of the cable tray and define a support path of the cable tray on which cables extending along the path of the cable tray are supported;
• the rungs are spaced apart along the side rails at selected spaced intervals, and are positioned toward a bottom of the cable tray, so that there are open gaps at a bottom region of the cable tray between adjacent rungs;
• each of the side rails has a bottom region with a bottom laterally outward extension away from the other side rail;
• the cable dropout is attached at a selected location along the side rails and at the bottom region of the cable tray;
• the dropout having an entrance region at the bottom region of the cable tray;
• the dropout comprising a convex surface for supporting at least one cable coming off traveling in a direction of the cable path of the cable tray, and the surface curving downward below the cable tray, the surface having a radius large enough that the surface is intended not to cause and to prevent such a bend in the cable which might cause damage to the cable extending down and past the dropout surface during or after installation of the cable to an apparatus.