Integrated base fixture for a telecommunications enclosure

• US 6,259,024 B1
• Filed: 08/09/1999
• Issued: 07/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Avaya Technology Corporation Miami Lakes FLA US
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Daoud, Bassel Hage
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichard, Dean A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Estrada, Angel R.
• Application Number:
  US09/370,866
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 174/65.G, 174/135, 174/151, 174/152.G, 174/153.G, 248/56, 16/21, 16/22, 385/135
• US Class Current: 174/651
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 15/013 Sealing means for cable inlets inlets for cables filled with, or surrounded by, gas or oil H02G15/32
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 15/076 for multi-conductor cables

Abstract

An end cap for a telecommunications enclosure has a plurality of cable receptacle tubes and a pair of pivotally mounted legs. The legs are mounted on an outside surface of the end cap. The legs are pivotable to positions in which they prevent the end cap from rolling. The legs can be pivoted to a position in which the legs fit within the perimeter of the end cap. Each leg may be shaped substantially as an arc of a circle, in which case the legs can be pivoted to a position where the legs fit in an annular region between the plurality of cable receptacle tubes and an outer edge of the end cap. Each leg includes a detente mechanism to maintain the leg in a desired position.

Claims

1. An end cap for a telecommunications enclosure,

said end cap having a plurality of cable receptacle tubes,

said end cap having a pair of pivotally mounted legs, said legs being independently pivotable to positions in which they prevent the end cap from rolling.

2. The end cap of claim 1, wherein the legs can be pivoted to a position in which the legs fit within the perimeter of the end cap.

3. The end cap of claim 1, wherein each leg is shaped substantially as an arc of a circle.

4. The end cap of claim 3, wherein the legs can be pivoted to a position in which the legs fit in an annular region between the plurality of cable receptacle tubes and an outer edge of the end cap.

5. The end cap of claim 1, wherein each leg includes a detente mechanism to maintain the leg in a desired position.

6. The end cap of claim 5, wherein the detent mechanism comprises a pivot pin attached to the leg, and a sleeve, and wherein the pivot pin has a boss and is rotatably mounted within the sleeve.

7. The end cap of claim 1, wherein the legs are mounted on an outside surface of the end cap.

8. A telecommunications enclosure assembly, comprising:

an enclosure; and

an end cap detachably mountable to the enclosure, the end cap having a plurality of cable receptacle tubes, the end cap having a pair of pivotally mounted legs, the legs being independently movable to positions in which they prevent the enclosure from rolling.

9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the enclosure is substantially cylindrical.

10. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the legs can be pivoted to a position in which they fit within the perimeter of the end cap.

11. The assembly of claim 8, wherein each leg is shaped substantially as an arc of a cirle.

12. The end cap of claim 8, wherein the legs can be pivoted to a position in which the legs fit in an annular region between the plurality of cable receptacle tubes and an outer edge of the end cap.

13. The assembly of claim 8, wherein each leg includes a detente mechanism to maintain the leg in a desired position.

14. The assembly of claim 13, wherein the detent mechanism comprises a pivot pin attached to the leg, and a sleeve, and wherein the pivot pin has a boss and is rotatably mounted within the sleeve.

15. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the legs are mounted on an outside surface of the end cap.

16. A method for securing a cable to a cable port of an end cap of a telecommunications enclosure, comprising the steps of:

(a) independently pivoting a plurality of legs mounted to the end cap to respective positions to prevent the end cap from rolling; and

(b) securing the cable to the cable port.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein:

the pivoting step includes pivoting each leg from a first position to a second position, and

the first position is a position in which the legs fit within the perimeter of the end cap.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the step of returning the legs from the second position to the first position after the securing step.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the returning step includes pivoting the legs until a detente engages.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein:

the pivoting step includes pivoting each leg from a first position to a second position, and

the first position is a position in which the legs fit in an annular region between the plurality of cable receptacle tubes and an outer edge of the end cap.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of returning the legs from the second position to the first position after the securing step.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the returning step includes pivoting the legs until a detente engages.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein the pivoting step includes pivoting the legs until a detent engages.