Hinged wire management panel assembly
First Claim
1. A wire management panel comprisinga front surface and a back surface, said front surface having an edge and said back surface defininga plane substantially aligned with said back surface;
- a plurality of hooks disposed adjacent said edge, said hooks having ends attached to said panel, having free ends, having straight portions adjacent said free ends, and having curved portions between said straight portions and said attached ends;
said straight portions being substantially perpendicular to said plane;
said hooks having portions extending away from said front surface and having portions arcing around said edge; and
said straight portions extending through said plane.
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Abstract
A hinged wire management panel assembly with two panels hingedly connected by a plurality of hooks integrally-formed in one panel (a wire management panel) which engage slots formed in a second panel (a patch panel.) The hooks have free ends with straight portions which engage the slots when the two panels are mounted to a common rack thereby forming the hinge connection. The hooks also have curved portions which allow the patch panel to slide along the hooks and simultaneously rotate outward when the patch panel is disconnected from the rack. The wire management panel includes wire management brackets which limit the rotation of the patch panel when the patch panel is horizontal.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A wire management panel comprising
a front surface and a back surface, said front surface having an edge and said back surface defining a plane substantially aligned with said back surface; a plurality of hooks disposed adjacent said edge, said hooks having ends attached to said panel, having free ends, having straight portions adjacent said free ends, and having curved portions between said straight portions and said attached ends; said straight portions being substantially perpendicular to said plane; said hooks having portions extending away from said front surface and having portions arcing around said edge; and said straight portions extending through said plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wire management panel assembly comprising:
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a first wire management panel having a front surface, a back surface, an edge, and a plurality of hooks disposed adjacent said edge; a second patch panel having a back surface, an edge and a plurality of slots disposed adjacent said edge, said slots being sized and shaped to accept one of said hooks, and said second panel being hingedly attached to said first panel by said hooks and said slots; said assembly having a first position in which said edges of said first and second panels are substantially parallel and in which said back surfaces of said first and second panels are substantially parallel, and said assembly having a second position in which said edges of said first and second panels are substantially parallel and in which said back surfaces of said first and second panels are substantially perpendicular; and said hooks being aligned to engage said slots when said assembly is in said first and second positions to allow said second panel to pivot with respect to said first panel between said first and second positions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wire management panel assembly comprising:
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a first wire management panel having an edge, having a front surface, having a back surface, and having a plane aligned with said back surface; a second patch panel hingedly attached to said first panel, said second panel having and edge; a plurality of hooks attached to said first panel; a plurality of slots in said second panel, said slots being disposed along a line substantially parallel said edge of said second panel, said slots being aligned, shaped and sized to accept one of said hooks; said hooks having ends attached to said first panel, having free ends, having straight portions adjacent said free ends, and having curved portions between said straight portions and said attached ends, said straight portions being substantially perpendicular to said front surface;
said hooks having portions extending away from said front surface of said first panel and having portions arcing around said edge of said first panel, said straight portions extending through said plane;said assembly having a first position in which said edges of said first and second panels are substantially parallel one another and in which said back surfaces of said first and second panels are substantially parallel, and said assembly having a second position in which said edges of said first and second panels are substantially parallel one another and in which said back surfaces of said first and second panels are substantially perpendicular; and said slots surrounding parts of said straight portions of said hooks when said assembly is in said first position, and said slots surrounding parts of said curved portions of said hooks when said assembly is in said second position. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A telecommunications management system comprising:
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a wire management rack; a wire management panel attached to said wire management rack, said wire management panel having an edge, having a front surface and having a back surface; a patch panel releasably attached to said wire management rack and hingedly attached to said wire management panel, said patch panel having an edge and having a plurality of slots therethrough;
said slots being displaced along a line substantially parallel to said edge of said patch panel;a plurality of hooks having ends attached to said wire management panel, said hooks having free ends, having straight portions adjacent said free ends, and having curved portions between said straight portions and said attached ends, said straight portions of said hooks being substantially perpendicular to said front surface, said hooks having portions extending away from said front surface of said wire management panel and having portions arcing around said edge of said wire management panel, said straight portions extending through said plane aligned with said back surface of said wire management panel. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification