Patent ID: 6280238
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A communication jackfield comprising:a face plate, having a plurality of jack mounting holes, and jack screw holes adjacent said jack mounting holes;a plurality of jacks, having jack barrels arranged at a forward end of said jacks, each said jack barrel being substantially cylindrical and arranged to receive a jack plug, said jacks being mountable in said jack mounting holes, so that a front end of each jack barrel protrudes from an outer surface of said face plate, and said jacks fastenable to said face plate with jack screws arranged in said jack screw holes, so that each jack screw head rests on said face plate in said jack screw holes and each jack screw is accessible from a front of said face plate;a designation plate of a generally elongate flat shape, said designation plate having a front portion, a back portion, a first end, a second end, a top edge, a bottom edge and a plurality of jack barrel access holes, for allowing said front end of each said jack barrel to protrude into respective said jack barrel access holes, when jacks are mounted onto said face plate of said communication jackfield, said designation plate further having a first strip holder and a second strip holder, each strip holder having a longitudinal lower flange and a longitudinal upper flange arranged to securely hold a strip of information marking material,wherein said designation plate covers substantially all of a front side of said face plate, and said designation plate further comprises jack screw access holes arranged in conjunction with each jack barrel access hole, andwherein said designation plate front portion is generally in a same plane as an outer edge of said longitudinal upper flanges and an outer edge of said longitudinal lower flanges, thereby allowing said strip holders to extend from an edge of said designation plate to said jack barrel access holes, to provide holding for extra wide said strips.