Patent ID: 7167628
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A service blocking device for a fiber optic telecommunications, the device comprising: a body with a first end and a second opposing end; the first end configured to be received within an opening of a fiber optic adapter; the second end including an opening configured to be fit about a ferrule of a fiber optic connector, the ferrule holding a terminal end of a fiber optic cable, the fiber optic connector configured to be received within the opening of the fiber optic adapter; the body configured so that the fiber optic connector is held generally coaxially aligned with the opening of the adapter when the first end of the body is within the opening of the adapter and the second end of the body is positioned about the ferrule of the fiber optic connector; the body defining an optically opaque light path between the first end and the second end to prevent light from passing through the body from the terminal end of the fiber optic cable through the second end of the body.