Patent ID: 7054442

Claim:
An adapter for attachment to an existing wall mounted jack plates for communication jacks having a pair of mounting studs on an outer surface thereof, the studs including shanks and heads of larger diameter than the shanks, said adapter comprising an adapter housing, the adapter housing including a base plate and a cover, a pair of pivoting stud latches, the stud latches comprising latch housings, the latch housings each having an end wall with an open ended slot of size to receive the shank of a mounting stud and of smaller width than the head of a mounting stud on an existing wall mounted jack plate, the latch housings being pivotally mounted to said adapter housing for pivoting about an axis parallel to the base plate of the adapter housing and spaced from the end wall of the respective latch housing so the end walls move in arcs as the latch housings are pivotally movable from an open position wherein the adapter housing can be placed against an existing wall mounted jack plate when the latch housings are aligned with a respective mounting stud of such existing wall mounted jack plate, and being pivotable to a second position wherein the respective end wall moves over a head of a respective mounting stud and wherein the slots of the end walls fit over a respective shank of a stud on such existing wall mounted jack plate to secure the adapter housing to the wall mounted jack plate, the arcs of movement of the end walls of the latch housings being such that the end walls clear the heads of the respective existing studs as the adapter housing is placed against an existing wall mounted jack plate and as the latch housings are moved to their second positions.