Patent ID: 7672563

Claim:
A fiber connector system comprising: a fiber optic adapter with first and second opposing ends, the adapter aligning and optically connecting a pair of fiber optic connectors inserted into openings in the opposing ends of the adapter; a fiber optic connector for mounting to and terminating an end of a fiber optic cable, the fiber optic connector including a ferrule at a first end of the connector, the first end of the connector sized to be inserted within the opening at the first end of the fiber optic adapter; a service blocker with a unitary body including a first end and a second end, the first end of the service blocker positioned within and closing off the first end of the adapter, the second end of the service blocker positioned about the first end of the fiber optic connector and forming a ferrule receiving opening configured to receive and be mounted about the ferrule of the fiber optic connector, wherein the first end of the service blocker includes an axial sleeve receiving opening extending into the body to fit about a ferrule receiving sleeve within the mating opening of the adapter, the sleeve receiving opening and the ferrule receiving opening of the body generally coaxially aligned.