Patent ID: 8715002

Claim:
An adapter in combination with an RJ-45 communications jack, the RJ-45 communications jack comprising: a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, first and second opposed side surfaces, and a plug aperture configured to receive a mating plug at a front of the housing; wherein at least one of the top surface, bottom surface, first side surface, and second side surface of the housing includes a first feature configured to engage a first mounting structure associated with a first mounting opening to mount the jack in the first mounting opening; and wherein at least one of the top surface and bottom surface of the housing includes a second feature configured to engage an adapter to mount the jack in a second mounting opening that is different than the first mounting opening, wherein the second feature comprises at least one slot positioned at a rear of the housing; and the adapter including opposite proximal and distal ends, wherein the proximal end includes at least one downwardly extending projection sized and configured to engage the at least one slot, and wherein the distal end includes an upwardly extending latch configured to engage at least a portion of the second mounting opening.