Patent ID: 6290543
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A telephone adaptor comprising:a housing;a first connector utilized in connection with a first national telephone system, the first connector being one of a first plug or a first socket which is configured to mate with a first mating connector which is detached from the housing and which is the other of the first plug or the first socket;a second connector utilized in connection with a second national telephone system, the second connector being one of a second plug or a second socket which is configured to mate with a second mating connector which is detached from the housing and which is the other of the second plug or the second socket;a third connector utilized in connection with a third national telephone system, the third connector being one of a third plug or a third socket which is configured to mate with a third mating connector which is detached from the housing and which is the other of the third plug or the third socket; anda plurality of electrical conductors electrically connecting in parallel a plurality of contacts of the first connector, a plurality of contacts of the second connector and a plurality of contacts of the third connector, wherein:the housing secures the first connector, the second connector and the third connector relative to each other;the first connector is not configured to mate with the second connector, the second mating connector, the third connector and the third mating connector;the second connector is not configured to mate with the first connector, the first mating connector, the third connector and the third mating connector;the third connector is not configured to mate with the first connector, the first mating connector, the second connector and the second mating connector;the plurality of electrical conductors include flexible conductive wires disposed through a side of the housing; andat least one of the first connector, the second connector and the third connector includes a connector body which is spaced from the housing and flexibly connected thereto by the flexible conductive wires.