US 12,222,573 B2
Adjustable cable management system
Johan Geens, Bunsbeek (BE); and Geert Jozef Maria Verbist, Herentals (BE)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 18/040,963
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/044998
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/032130, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/062,636, filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0273386 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4458 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4448 (2013.01); G02B 6/44515 (2023.05)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable management system for a cable routed to equipment, the cable management system comprising:
first and second first cross-members each extending along a respective length between opposite first and second ends, each of the first and second cross-members defining a recessed portion at an intermediate location along the length, the recessed portion of the first cross-member being matable with the recessed portion of the second cross-member;
a bracket arrangement defining a first interface and a second interface, the first interface attaching to the first and second cross-members at the intermediate locations, the second interface being configured to receive the equipment; and
a plurality of cable support members, each cable support member being coupled to one of the first and second cross-members to move along the length, each cable support member being lockable in at least one position along the length of the respective one of the first and second cross-members, the cable support members cooperating to define a cable winding path including at least a first coil path.