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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Gary F. Nault, Bloomington, MN (US);
Timothy J. Haataja, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Matthew D. Ferris, Carver, MN (US);
Alex Watts, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gary F. Nault, Bloomington, MN (US);
Timothy J. Haataja, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Matthew D. Ferris, Carver, MN (US);
Alex Watts, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Couplers for a cable trough system including a terminal end sized to receive a terminal end of a trough member along a longitudinal direction of the body. A spring may be coupled to the body for securing the terminal end of the trough member to the coupler, the spring including first and second spring arms extending generally in opposition to one another in a plane generally parallel to the longitudinal direction. The spring may be received in a slot formed by the trough member. Also included may be a spring release mechanism coupled to the body, the spring release mechanism sliding in the longitudinal direction between a locked position, such that the first and second spring arms engage the terminal end of the trough, and an unlocked position, such that the first and second fingers release the first and second arms of the spring.