Cover for cable trough

• US 7,411,126 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2006
• Issued: 08/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Rapp, David E., Sjodin, Chad J., Herzog, Daniel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Estrada; Angel R
• Application Number:
  US11/276,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20060191700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 174/480, 174/481, 174/482, 174/500, 174/68.1, 174/68.3, 174/50, 174/72.A, 174/135, 174/95, 174/99.R, 174/96, 174/97, 174/101, 174/98, 385/134, 385/135, 522/203, 522/205, 522/207, 522/871, D13/155
• US Class Current: 174/66
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0418 Covers or lids; Their fastenings

Abstract

Systems and methods for covering a trough member. A system can include a hinge clip coupled to a sidewall of the trough member and having arms creating a socket. The system can include a cover including a pivot member and a groove at one end. The pivot member can be received in the socket to allow the cover to pivot about the pivot member from open to closed positions, and one arm of the socket can be received in the groove in the open position. A capture clip including a ramp portion and a seat can be coupled to the other sidewall, and another pivot member at the other end of the cover can ride along the ramp and drop into the seat as the cover is pivoted from open to closed positions. The cover can also be two cover portions, each extending partially over the trough member and creating a slot therebetween.

Claims

1. An assembly for coupling a cover to a trough member of a fiber optic cable system, the assembly comprising:

a hinge clip including first and second arms defining a socket, and the hinge clip including first and second members defining a hinge channel; and

a capture clip including a ramp and defining a seat, the ramp including a first end, a second end, and a ramp body extending from the first end to the second end and towards the seat, and the capture clip including first and second capture members defining a capture channel;

wherein the hinge channel is configured to receive a portion of the trough member to couple the hinge clip to the trough member;

wherein the capture channel is configured to receive another portion of the trough member to couple the capture clip to the trough member;

wherein the socket of the hinge clip is configured to receive a pivot member of the cover to allow the cover to be pivoted about the pivot member from an open position to a closed position; and

wherein a second end of the cover is configured ride along the ramp body from the first end to the second end and to be received in the seat of the capture clip when the cover is pivoted from the open position to the closed position.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first arm of the socket is received in a groove of the cover when the cover is in the open position.

3. A cover for covering a trough member of a fiber optic cable system, the cover comprising:

a planar main body;

a planar first end extending at an angle with respect to the main body towards the trough member; and

a pivot member coupled to a member extending from the first end, the pivot member having a cylindrical outer circumference;

wherein the pivot member of the cover is received by a hinge clip on the trough member to allow the cover to be pivoted about the pivot member from an open position to a closed position.

4. The cover of claim 3, further comprising:

a second end extending at the angle with respect to the main body towards the trough member; and

a second pivot member coupled to the first end, the second pivot member having a cylindrical outer circumference;

wherein the second pivot member of the cover is received by a capture clip on the trough member when the cover is pivoted to the closed position.