US 11,812,574 B2
Protective skirt for telecommunications cables
Nathan Grant Castleberry, Keller, TX (US); Diana Rodriguez, Fort Worth, TX (US); and Mitchell Harold Stewart, Lincolnton, NC (US)
Assigned to Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,339.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/045,391, filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0410310 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 3/14 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/03 (2013.01) [H02G 3/14 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective apparatus for telecommunication cables comprising:
a mounting frame configured to be affixed to a wall, the mounting frame comprising a lattice structure having a first member, a second member, and at least one transverse member extending between the first and second members; and
a protective skirt configured to be selectively engaged with the mounting frame to define an internal volume configured for routing of the telecommunications cables, the protective skirt being moveable between a retained position and a released position through flexion of the protective skirt,
wherein the mounting frame or the protective skirt comprises a U-channel disposed at an edge and the other of the protective skirt and the mounting frame comprises a flange configured to be received in the U-channel,
wherein the protective skirt is engaged with the mounting frame when the protective skirt is in the retained position and the flange is received in the U-channel and the protective skirt is disengaged from the mounting frame when the protective skirt is in the released position and the flange is withdrawn from the U-channel; and
wherein the at least one transverse member includes at least one cable retention feature configured to restrain the telecommunication cables in a position within the internal volume.