Optic cable management

Claim 1

A cable routing system comprising: a plurality of cable pathway-defining elements; each one of said plurality terminating at least one attachment end and each of said elements including walls for defining a cable pathway; a coupling for joining at least a first one of said attachment ends to at least a second one of said attachment ends, said coupling including wall means for defining a coupling pathway and aligning means for aligning the first and second ones in a predetermined alignment with said cable pathway aligned with said coupling pathway, said elements including at least first and second sidewalls, said coupling further including clamp means for automatically clamping an attachment end when in said predetermined alignment; said alignment means including first and second outer walls and first and second inner walls spaced from said first and second outer walls, respectively, by a distance to define first and second pockets, respectively, sized to receive said first and second sidewalls, respectively, of said elements, said inner and outer walls disposed for said elements to be in said predetermined alignment when said sidewalls are disposed between said outer and inner walls of said coupling; and said clamp means includes first and second resiliently biased spring means carried on said coupling and disposed within said first and second pockets, respectively, and directed to urge an element wall against a wall of said coupling upon insertion of said element wall between said outer and inner walls, said inner walls sized to cover said clamp means and shield said clamp means from said coupling pathway with said first and second inner walls cooperating with said element wall to define a generally continuous closed wall between said pathway-defining elements.