Swappable mount for cable support and system and method incorporating same

摘要

A swappable mount and cable support arm for a rack mount system. The swappable mount may have a variety of toolfree mounts, threaded fasteners, latches, and other mounting mechanisms. The swappable mount is interchangeably coupled to the cable support arm to facilitate adaptation to a particular rack mount system. One embodiment has a releasable hinge mechanism to facilitate the interchangeable coupling between the swappable mount and the cable support arm. The cable support arm may have a variety of expandable support structures, such as pivotally coupled arm sections. One embodiment of the cable support arm has first and second arm sections rotatably coupled one over the other at a hinge.