Patent ID: 9585442
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a zip-locker comprising a first portion and a second portion configured to fasten to an interconnect, at least one of the first portion and the second portion having ratchet teeth formed an extending longitudinally on an outer surface thereof; and a zip-locker receiver, configured to ratchetably receive the zip-locker, comprising an aperture and a pawl disposed within the aperture configured to complement and cooperate with the ratchet teeth of the zip-locker to prevent removal of the zip-locker from the aperture of the zip-locker receiver at times the pawl of the zip-locker receiver is engaged with the ratchet teeth of the zip-locker, wherein the aperture comprises a flexible first arm and a flexible second arm configured to enable removal of the zip-locker from the aperture, the flexible first arm and the flexible second arm configured to flex outward from a center of the aperture upon application of a removal force to the zip-locker receiver, thereby enabling removal of the zip-locker from between the flexible first arm and the flexible second arm.