Patent ID: 6952872

Claim:
A method for reducing stress on a multi conductor ribbon cable—comprising the steps of: positioning a key pad on a key plate that is enclosed in a text telephony (TTY) enclosure with an opening formed at a top thereof; attaching the ribbon cable to the top of the key pad; extending the ribbon cable toward a back end of the plate; looping the ribbon cable around the back end; extending the ribbon cable from the back end toward the front of the TTY enclosure; curving the ribbon cable to form a wide loop that extends from underneath the plate to a front of the TTY enclosure; extending a ribbon cable towards a back of the enclosure; extending an extension cable from the bottom of the call box through the opening; running the extension cable from the opening to the back of the enclosure; connecting the extension cable to the ribbon cable, wherein the ribbon cable maintains the wide loop whenever the plate is extended or returned to the TTY enclosure.