Patent ID: 6196733
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A strain relief apparatus for use with a connector, the connector having a plug end adapted to be inserted into a coupling, a cable-receiving end adapted to receive a cable containing a transmission medium, a top side and a bottom side, the top side having a latch and a trigger mounted thereon, the latch being movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, the trigger being formed as a cantilevered member having an upper surface and forming an acute angle with the top side of the connector, the trigger being slidably engagable with the latch such that deflecting the trigger toward the bottom side of the connector urges the latch to the unlatched position, said strain relief apparatus comprising:a body member having a first end facing the cable-receiving end of the connector, a second end facing away from the cable-receiving end of the connector, and a flap extending from said body member, said flap being movable between an unbiased position and a forwardly-displaced position, in said unbiased position said flap being oriented in an overlying relationship with the trigger, in said forwardly-displaced position said flap urging the trigger toward the bottom side of the connector such that the trigger urges the latch to said unlatched position, andsaid flap having an upper flap surface with a handle extending therefrom, said handle being configured such that moving said handle allows said flap to be repositioned from said unbiased position to said forwardly-displaced position.