Patent ID: 8536454

Claim:
A housing system for covering a connector mounted on a board comprising: a base comprising first and second opposing walls connected by a first and a second longitudinal rail wherein the first and second opposing walls define an interior space there between, the connector being positioned within the interior space; first and second flaps, each having a proximal end, a distal end and an intermediate portion between the proximal and distal ends, each of the first and second flaps being mounted to the first and second opposing walls of the base, each of the first and second flaps each pivotally movable about a first hole and a second hole with each of the first and second opposing walls at the proximal end and the distal end of each of the first and second flaps, between a first position, in which the intermediate portion of the first flap is seated against the intermediate portion of the second flap, and a second position, in which the intermediate portions of the first and second flaps are apart from each other to enable access to said interior space by an object to be mounted in the connector; at least one of the first and second flaps having at least one aperture therein between the intermediate portion and the distal end thereof; and wherein, in the first position, the intermediate portions of each of the first and second flaps are a first distance from each other and the distal ends of the first and second flaps are a second distance from each other, the second distance being greater than the first distance.