Patent ID: 8043106

Claim:
A socket connector body, comprising: a shroud including an opening and adapted to receive a plug connector body through the opening; a lock arm integrally connected with the socket connector body, said lock arm including a forward end and a middle portion having an inwardly extending lock nib engageable with said plug connector body when it is received in said shroud opening; a substantially unyielding, non-resilient beam member being integrally connected with the shroud and adapted to overlay the forward end of the lock arm when said lock arm is in a free state of rest; and means to pivot the lock arm from its free state of rest so as to lift the lock arm forward end into engagement with the overlying, non-resilient beam member, wherein, after said engagement, further pivoting of the lock arm causes the middle portion of the lock arm to flexibly arch outwardly and away from the shroud such that the lock nib is lifted outwardly away from the plug connector body and out of engagement therewith to enable retraction of the plug connector body from the shroud through the opening.