US Patent 11320616 Utility enclosures with cable storage systems

The present disclosure relates to a utility enclosure that can store fiber optic cables that includes an underground enclosure and a cable storage system mountable to a wall of the enclosure. The cable storage system includes a cable storage wheel for storing the fiber optic cable, a mounting plate used to secure the cable storage wheel to the wall of the enclosure, and a spacer. The spacer has a first end secured to the mounting plate and a second end secured to the cable storage wheel for maintaining the cable storage wheel in a spaced relationship relative to the wall of the enclosure.