Patent ID: 7510419

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an electrical connector having a body containing a plurality of electrical contacts, said connector being affixed to one end of an insulating cable containing a like plurality of electrical conductors, each one of said conductors being conductively connected to a different one of said contacts; a latching mechanism located external said connector body and affixed to said connector body, for holding said electrical contacts in operative contact with complementary electrically-conductive apparatus; and a release mechanism, affixed to said latching mechanism and manually operable by a user of said connector, for releasing said connector from said complementary electrically conductive apparatus, said release mechanism thereafter retaining a configuration for avoiding ensnarement by other cables when said cable is withdrawn by said user, wherein said release mechanism is a lever having two ends, one of said ends operatively connected to said latching mechanism and the other end configured to touch the body of said connector at all times before, during and after operation of said release mechanism; wherein only the other end of said release mechanism slides away from said one end and on said body of said connector when said release mechanism is operated and thereafter returns to said configuration.