Vertical cable protection and management trough
First Claim
1. A cable trough for protecting and managing cables associated with equipment that has first equipment cable ports at a first side of the equipment and second equipment cable ports at a second side of the equipment, the trough comprising:
- an elongated trough body having a ported side wall constructed and arranged to mount at either one of the first and the second sides of the equipment; and
the ported side wall of the trough body has one or more first trough cable ports each of which is located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the first equipment cable ports when the ported side wall of the trough body is mounted at the first side of the equipment, and one or more second trough cable ports each of which is located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the second equipment cable ports when the ported side wall of the trough body is mounted at the second side of the equipment.
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Abstract
A cable trough and system for routing and managing cables associated with equipment that has first cable ports at a first side of the equipment and second cable ports at a second side of the equipment. The trough includes an elongated trough body having a ported side wall constructed to mount at either one of the first and the second sides of the equipment. The ported side wall of the body has one or more first trough cable ports each located and dimensioned to align or interface with a different one of the first equipment cable ports when the ported side wall is mounted at the first side of the equipment, and one or more second trough cable ports each located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the second equipment cable ports when the ported side wall is mounted at the second side of the equipment.
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18 Claims
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1. A cable trough for protecting and managing cables associated with equipment that has first equipment cable ports at a first side of the equipment and second equipment cable ports at a second side of the equipment, the trough comprising:
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an elongated trough body having a ported side wall constructed and arranged to mount at either one of the first and the second sides of the equipment; and the ported side wall of the trough body has one or more first trough cable ports each of which is located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the first equipment cable ports when the ported side wall of the trough body is mounted at the first side of the equipment, and one or more second trough cable ports each of which is located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the second equipment cable ports when the ported side wall of the trough body is mounted at the second side of the equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18)
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10. A system for protecting and managing cables that terminate at a router having first router cable ports at a first side of the router and second cable ports at a second side of the router, the system comprising:
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a first cable trough mounted at the first side of the router for containing cables that enter the first router cable ports; a second cable trough mounted at the second side of the router for containing cables that enter the second router cable ports; wherein each of the first and the second cable troughs comprises; an elongated trough body having a ported side wall constructed and arranged to mount at either one of the first and the second sides of the router; and the ported side wall of the trough body has one or more first trough cable ports each of which is located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the first router cable ports when the ported side wall of the trough body is mounted at the first side of the router, and one or more second trough cable ports each of which is located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the second router cable ports when the ported side wall of the trough body is mounted at the second side of the router. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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