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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Lars R. Larsen, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Stewart A. Levesque, Scotland, CT (US);
Lars R. Larsen, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Stewart A. Levesque, Scotland, CT (US);
Ortronics, Inc., New London, CT (US);
Abstract
A patch panel rack including a front face and an opening formed in the front face configured and dimensioned to receive and accommodate for mounting with respect to the patch panel rack at least one patch panel, further includes a waterfall member connected to the front face of the patch panel rack, the waterfall member including a horizontally extending surface positioned in front of the front face just below the opening formed therein, and at least one curved drop-off portion positioned adjacent the horizontally extending surface and sized, shaped, oriented, and configured to permit electrical cables extending vertically upward from electrical equipment disposed beneath the waterfall member to the patch panel mounted above the waterfall member to maintain a desired bend radius. The patch panel rack may be mounted to a cable management pathway substantially above a telecommunications cabinet to allow cables passing therebetween to maintain a desired bend radius.