Patent ID: 6966794

Claim:
A supporting construction for supporting a waiting-side connector with respect to a fixing member, comprising: at least one supporting groove formed in either one of the fixing member and the waiting-side connector; at least one support on the other of the fixing member and the waiting-side connector, engageable with the supporting groove and adapted to support the waiting-side connector with respect to the fixing member; and at least one engagement projection on one of an outer wall surface of the support and an inner wall surface of the supporting groove and spaced from the other of the outer wall surface of the support and an inner wall surface of the supporting groove at an initial stage of insertion of the support into the supporting groove and to closely engage the support with the supporting groove while leaving substantially no clearance at a final stage of the insertion, wherein the engagement protection comprises a squeezable protection to be squeezed between the support and the supporting groove.