Patent ID: 7050571

Claim:
A telephone wire distribution center comprising: a front substantially planar surface; a plurality of pairs of punch down terminal strips attached to the front surface, wherein each punch down terminal strip includes a first termination area and a plurality of additional termination areas, wherein each termination area of a particular punch down terminal strip is electrically coupled in series by the particular punch down terminal strip to every other termination area of the same punch down terminal strip; a plurality of input-wire-pair-labeling regions on the front surface for uniquely labeling a corresponding plurality of input-wire pairs relative to one another, wherein the input-wire-pair-labeling regions’ respective locations are substantially in line with a corresponding plurality of respective longitudinal axes of the plurality of pairs of the punch down terminal strips thereby indicating that respective pairs of the punch down terminal strips correspond to respective input-wire pairs, and a plurality of output-wire-pair-destination-labeling regions for labeling respective places to which corresponding output-wire pairs are run, the plurality of out-wire-pair-destination-labeling regions being located on the front surface along respective output-wire-pair-destination-labeling-region axes that are: (1) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the plurality of pairs of punch down terminal strips and (2) substantially in line with respective termination areas of the plurality of additional termination areas of the plurality of pairs of punch down terminal strips such that for each output-wire pair that is coupled to an input-wire pair, the input-wire pair is uniquely labeled relative to other input-wire pairs along the longitudinal axis of the pair of punch down terminal strips to which the input-wire pair is coupled and an output-wire-destination-labeling region is located along an output-wire-pair-destination-labeling-region axis that is substantially in line with the termination area at which the output-wire pair is coupled to the pair of punch down terminal strips such that the input-wire pair label and the output-wire-pair-destination-labeling region are located along respective perpendicular axes that intersect substantially at the termination area at which the the output-wire pair is coupled to the pair of punch down terminal strips,