Patent ID: 7722390

Claim:
A telecommunications device comprising: a faceplate with only four receptacles, the four receptacles configured for mounting jacks, each receptacle including a first side defining a notch for receiving a flexible latch of a plug to be inserted into the receptacle and a second side opposite the first side with the notch, each receptacle defining a length extending along a direction from the first side with the notch to the second side, the length being defined in the vertical direction, each receptacle further including third and fourth opposing sides that are perpendicular to the second side, each receptacle defining a width extending along a direction from the third side to the fourth side, the width being defined in the horizontal direction, each of the four receptacles defining a centerpoint that is positioned halfway along the length of the receptacle and halfway along the width of the receptacle, wherein the centerpoint of each receptacle is positioned on the faceplate at a different position in the vertical direction than the centerpoint of any of the other receptacles of the four receptacles, wherein a first set of two receptacles are aligned with each other along a first plane that extends in the vertical direction and define a first column and a second set of two receptacles are aligned with each other along a second plane that extends in the vertical direction and define a second column, wherein a first receptacle from the first column and an adjacent second receptacle from the second column define a first adjacent receptacle pair, wherein the receptacles of the first adjacent receptacle pair are offset to each other in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction, wherein the receptacles of the first adjacent receptacle pair are offset to each other in the horizontal direction a distance of at least about a width of a receptacle, the distance measured from the centerpoint of each receptacle and are offset to each other in the vertical direction a distance of at least about a length of a receptacle, the distance measured from the centerpoint of each receptacle, wherein a third receptacle from the first column and an adjacent fourth receptacle from the second column define a second adjacent receptacle pair, wherein the receptacles of the second adjacent receptacle pair are offset to each other in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction, wherein the receptacles of the second adjacent receptacle pair are offset to each other in the horizontal direction a distance of at least about a width of a receptacle, the distance measured from the centerpoint of each receptacle and are offset to each other in the vertical direction a distance of at least about a length of a receptacle, the distance measured from the centerpoint of each receptacle.