Patent ID: 8202009

Claim:
An optical fiber adapter for optically coupling two optical fiber connectors with each other, each the optical fiber connector having two recesses thereon, the optical fiber adapter comprising: two hook members each having a pair of hooks adapted to hook on the recesses of the optical fiber connectors and two opposing walls defining with the two hooks an accommodation room; a hollow middle member; and a unitary main body having an axial cavity defined by a first side-wall, a second side-wall, a third side-wall and a fourth side-wall, the first side-wall being opposite to the third side-wall and connecting with the second and fourth side-walls, the axial cavity having two opposing axial openings, the first side-wall having an access opening for the hook members and middle member to place within the axial cavity, wherein the middle member is positioned between the hook members when the hook members and middle member are placed in the axial cavity of the main body.