Patent ID: 6409392
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A detachable duplex clip for clipping a pair of simplex connectors together to form a duplex connector, each simplex connector comprising a generally rectangular housing having a plug end for insertion into a mating receptacle or adapter, a cable entrance end for receiving a cable containing a transmission medium, and an individual independent boot attached at a first end of the boot about the cable entrance end and at a second end of the boot to the cable, the boot having an opening formed therein, the cable passing through the opening formed in the boot and into the cable entrance end of the housing, the clip comprising:a clip body, the clip body being adapted to receive and frictionally grip outer surfaces of each of the boots of a pair of simplex connectors to hold the simplex connectors in close spatial proximity to one another to thereby form a duplex connector, said clip body being detachable from each of the individual boots.