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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1998
Daniel J Lecinski, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Susan I English, Chicago, IL (US);
Kenneth S Laughlin, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
3Com Corp., Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Abstract
A cable management apparatus includes a cable trough having a body portion. A first side wall portion and a second wall portion each extend along a length of the body portion. The first side wall portion includes a plurality of notches formed therein and spaced along a length of the first side wall portion. A flange portion extends from each of the side wall portions. Each of the flange portions includes a plurality of openings formed therein. An elongated cover includes a plurality of fastening members spaced along a length of the cover. The fastening members are received in the flange openings to fasten the cover to the cable trough and to enclose cables routed within the cable trough while allowing cables to pass through the notches formed in the first side wall portion.