Patent ID: 7407412
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A pair of protective boots for cable connectors comprising: a first boot and a second boot; the first boot including a cable end and a first connector end, the first boot adapted to fit about a first cable connector with a first mating end adjacent the first connector end, the first boot molded separately from the first cable connector and configured for slidable insertion over the first cable connector; the second boot including a cable end and a second connector end, the second boot adapted to fit about a second cable connector with a second mating end adjacent the second connector end, the second boot molded separately from the second cable connector and configured for slidable insertion over the second cable connector; the first connector end including an outward facing circumferential lip, and the second connector end including an inward facing circumferential lip, the outward and inward facing circumferential lips sized and configured to engage each other when the first and second mating ends of the cable connectors are brought together to form a junction about the mating ends of the connectors, wherein the first and second boots are not required to form an interlock between the first and second cable connectors such that the mating ends of the first and second cable connectors can still form an interlock arrangement even without the presence of the first and second boots on the first and second cable connectors; each cable end sized to receive a cable extending from the cable connector opposite the mating end of the connector.