Patent ID: 7257888
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications connector tool for a telecommunications connector including a releasable lock and mounted to a telecommunications cable with a strain relief boot mounted about the cable adjacent the connector, the tool comprising: a tool body with a distal end for engaging a telecommunications connector and a proximal end including a handle; the tool body including an axial slot extending from the distal end partially toward the proximal end, the slot extending across a width of the distal end; a first portion of the slot adjacent the distal end including an enlarged opening for receiving the telecommunications connector, an upper portion of the tool body defining the slot above the enlarged opening configured to engage and depress the releasable lock of the connector; a lower portion of the tool body opposing the upper portion and defining the slot below the enlarged opening configured to engage the connector opposite the lock when the upper portion engages the lock; a second portion of the slot proximate the enlarged opening of the slot and positioned opposite the distal end, the second portion including opposing upper and lower curved surfaces within the slot approximating the shape of the strain relief boot.