	US 7,513,374 B2
	Cable management assembly, system and method
Trevor D. Smith, St. Louis Park, Minn. (US); James J. Solheid, Lakeville, Minn. (US); Timothy J. Haataja, Prior Lake, Minn. (US); Michael J. Wentworth, Belle Plaine, Minn. (US); David E. Rapp, Eden Prairie, Minn. (US); Michael Jay Follingstad, Edina, Minn. (US); and Michael John Shorter, Lonsdale, Minn. (US)
Assigned to ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/998,169.
Application 11/450191 is a division of application No. 10/295169, filed on Nov. 15, 2002, granted, now 7,083,051.
Application 11/998169 is a continuation of application No. 11/450191, filed on Jun. 08, 2006, granted, now 7,331,473.
Prior Publication US 2008/0116153 A1, May 22, 2008
Int. Cl. A47F 7/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 211—26.2 [211/192]

9 Claims

1. A cable management assembly, comprising:

a) a panel including a front interface portion having a width and a length, the interface portion having shaped apertures aligned in columns and rows, the columns and rows of shaped apertures defining a repeating pattern that extends along a majority of the length and across a majority of the width of the front interface portion, the rows of shaped apertures including rows of square apertures, the panel further including flanges oriented perpendicular to the front interface portion, the flanges defining holes for mounting the panel to a telecommunications panel; and

b) a cable spool secured to the panel at a selected location; the spool having a spool body with a curved construction that limits the bend radius of cables, the cable spool including integral attachments located at a first end of the spool body and a cable retainer located at a second end of the spool body, the integral attachments including a first and second integral attachments, at least one of the first and second integral attachments including a square hook structure that is received within one of the square apertures when the device is secured at the selected location;

c) wherein only the integral attachments secure the cable spool relative to the panel; and

d) wherein the cable spool is secured to the panel at the selected location, and is removed from the selected location of the panel, without the use of a tool.