Patent ID: 6366671
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H01R,H04M

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing multiple telephone jacks at an outlet box that has an installed telephone jack and holes to receive cover plate support screws comprising:a wiring board having mounted thereon a telephone plug and a plurality of telephone jacks and wires from said plug to said plurality of telephone jacks so that circuits are formed from said plug to said telephone jacks; and a housing for said wiring board said housing having an outlet box side and another side with said wiring board arranged within said housing so that the number of telecommunications paths available from said outlet box side of said housing to said other side of said housing is multiplied, and said housing having holes arranged to receive mounting screws to pass through the housing for engagement with the holes in the outlet box to form a secure mount of the housing on the outlet box; wherein said telephone plug includes a release lever and said housing includes a channel through a central portion thereof to provide an access path from the other side though the housing to the release lever.