Patent ID: 7063554

Claim:
A device for retrofitting an existing modular connector having a connector tab susceptible to sngagging on objects comprising: a hollow interior; a bottom side, the bottom side having a mechanism for attaching and detaching the device to the modular connector, the mechanism being two protrusions, the two protrusions being mated to a cavity in the modular connector thereby locking the device onto the modular connector; two lateral sides; and the device being color-coded allowing a cable to which the modular connector is connected to be easily identified from a plurality of other cables; a top side, the top side having i) a device tab, the device tab being a flexible tab capable of being fully depressed for depressing the connector tab when fully depressed, for preventing the connector tab from snagging, and ii) a recess for allowing the connector tab to be fully depressed when the modular connector is being unlatched from a mating connector.