Patent ID: 7313311

Claim:
A fiber-optic terminal adapter assembly configured to slide over a telescoping arm assembly comprising an arm section and a sliding section, said sliding section comprising a first outside side plate and a second outside side plate, wherein said first outside side plate and said second outside side plate are substantially parallel to each other and separated by a fixed distance, said fiber-optic terminal adapter comprised of: a first mounting plate having an outside first face and an inside first face, said first mounting plate having a first plurality of openings adapted to receive fasteners, said plurality of openings spaced to accommodate fasteners associated with a multiple port fiber-optic terminal, said first mounting plate having a rectangular shape wherein an area of the outside first face is greater than an area of the first outside of the sliding section of the telescoping arm assembly; a second mounting plate having an outside second face and an inside second face, said second mounting plate having a second plurality of openings wherein the second plurality of openings are configured the same as the first plurality of openings, said second plurality of openings spaced to accommodate said fasteners associated with a second multiple port fiber-optic terminal, said second mounting plate having a size the same as the first mounting plate; and a plurality of connectors joining the first mounting plate to the second mounting plate such that the first mounting plate is substantially parallel to the second mounting plate, each of the plurality of connectors emanating from an edge of the first mounting plate to a respective edge of the second mounting plate, wherein the plurality of connectors are sized and positioned to allow the adapter assembly to slide over the sliding section of the telescoping arm assembly such that the inside first face and the inside second face both contact the first outside side plate and the second outside side plate respectively.