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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2017
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Thomas M. Sedor, Orland Park, IL (US);
Jerry A. Wiltjer, Frankfort, IL (US);
Robert A. Reid, Battleground, IL (US);
Joseph E. Sanders, Elwood, IL (US);
Joel W. Kwasny, Plainfield, IL (US);
Bon B. Sledzinski, Westmont, IL (US);
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides modular trays having cutout features that are configured to engage with a mounting feature of one or more removable rails. The removable rails may be removeably secured to a tray body in a plurality of positions to allow a user to install or uninstall rails to support different sized fiber optic modules. For example, a tray may support a twenty-four optical fiber module, two twelve optical fiber modules, or three eight optical fiber modules. Fiber optic enclosures housing the trays can be affixed to the outside of a fiber optic enclosure and allow for easy stacking and unstacking.