Cable routing assembly including low voltage bracket and scoop
A cable routing assembly for rapidly providing a portal for routing cables through a wall. The assembly includes a low voltage bracket and a scoop member. Rotatable flags are provided on the low voltage bracket to enable rapid mounting to the wall. The scoop member includes a cover plate and a shield with a cable opening therein projecting from one side of the cover plate. A fastening arrangement is provided to enable rapid securing of the scoop to the low voltage bracket and the wall. The assembly provides several mounting options for providing an attractive cable portal in a wall. The cover plate can be mounted to the low voltage bracket with the shield projecting outward from the wall or inward through the low voltage bracket and can be rotated to position the cable opening upward or downward.
1. A cable routing assembly for routing cables through a wall comprising:
a low voltage bracket including a mounting arrangement for securing said low voltage bracket to said wall;
said low voltage bracket including a frame member including a face flange having an inner periphery and a collar extending rearward from said inner periphery of said face flange;
said mounting arrangement including a plurality of mounting fasteners extending through said frame member with each of said mounting fasteners including a distal end and a rotatable flag on said distal end of each of said mounting fasteners;
said mounting arrangement enabling said rotatable flags to be rotated from a retracted orientation wherein said rotatable flags are rotated inward of said collar to an extended orientation wherein said rotatable flags are rotated outward of said collar;
a cover plate including a first side and a second side, and an opening therein, said first side including an outward extending cable shield surrounding said opening; and
a fastening arrangement for fastening said cover plate to said low voltage mounting bracket,
whereby a circular hole in said wall enables rapid mounting of said cable routing assembly to said wall.
2. The cable routing assembly of claim 1 wherein
said face flange of said frame member includes an outer periphery and an opening therein.
3. The cable routing assembly of claim 2 wherein
said rotatable flags include tabs thereon; and
a leg adjacent each of said tabs, said legs extending rearward from said face flange,
whereby tightening of said mounting fasteners enables each of said tabs to engage a corresponding one of said legs thereby stopping rotation of said rotatable flags and enabling additional tightening of said fasteners to draw each of said rotatable flags toward said frame member.
4. The cable routing assembly of claim 3 wherein said fastening arrangement includes
a boss in said face flange of said low voltage bracket;
a pair of two-way apertures in said cover plate; and
a fastener for securing through said cover plate into said boss in said low voltage bracket.
5. The cable routing assembly of claim 4 wherein
said two-way apertures are aligned along a vertical axis through said cover plate, said two-way apertures of a spacing and pattern to match said bosses in said frame member; and
said two-way apertures include countersunk areas in said first side and in said second side of said cover plate.
6. The cable routing assembly of claim 4 wherein
said outward extending cable shield includes a planar horizontal portion extending from said first side of said cover plate and an outer wall portion; and
said outward extending cable shield includes a vertical lip extending downward from said outer wall portion.
7. The cable routing assembly of claim 3 wherein
each of said legs are substantially L-shaped and include a substantially planar main leg portion and a brace portion; and
said brace portion includes an outer surface.
8. The cable routing assembly of claim 7 wherein
said collar includes an outer surface; and
said outer surface of said brace portion of each of said legs is flush with said outer surface of said collar.
9. The cable routing assembly of claim 3 wherein
said collar includes an inner periphery; and
said mounting fasteners of said mounting arrangement are inward of said inner periphery of said collar.
10. The cable routing assembly of claim 2 wherein said cover plate includes
an outer edge and a raised periphery around said outer edge; and
a recessed area on each of said front surface and said rear surface of said cover plate.
11. The cable routing assembly of claim 10 wherein said recessed area on said first side of said cover plate extends between said outward extending cable shield and said raised periphery, said recessed area on said second side of said cover plate extends between said opening and said raised periphery of said cover plate.
12. The cable routing assembly of claim 10 wherein said recessed area is recessed a depth of at least 0.065 inch from said raised periphery of said cover plate.
13. The cable routing assembly of claim 10 wherein
said outer periphery of said face flange fits entirely within said raised periphery of said cover plate when said cover plate is secured to said low voltage bracket.
14. The cable routing assembly of claim 13 wherein
said cover plate is substantially rectangular shaped;
said face flange of said low voltage bracket includes a depth; and
said face flange of said low voltage bracket fits entirely within said recessed area of said cover plate when said cover plate is secured to said low voltage bracket.
15. The cable routing assembly of claim 2 wherein
said collar includes a slot therein adjacent each of said legs; and
said slots in said collar are adapted to receive said flags therein when said fastening arrangement is in a fully tightened state.
16. The cable routing assembly of claim 1 wherein
said rotatable flags include a proximal end and a distal end; and
said proximal end of said rotatable flags include a bore therein.
17. The cable routing assembly of claim 16 wherein said distal ends of said flags include a flat face thereon.
18. The cable routing assembly of claim 1 wherein said cover plate can be oriented in four separate orientations with respect to said low voltage bracket including
a first orientation with said cable shield extending outward from said low voltage bracket and said cable opening facing downward;
a second orientation with said cable shield extending outward from said low voltage bracket and said cable opening facing upward;
a third orientation with said cable shield extending inward from said low voltage bracket and said cable opening facing downward; and
a fourth orientation with said cable shield extending inward from said low voltage bracket and said cable opening facing upward.
19. The cable routing assembly of claim 1 wherein said cover plate and said frame member are each molded in one piece of plastic.
20. The cable routing assembly of claim 19 wherein said plastic is selected from the group including polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene, and polyethylene.