Patent ID: 7352948

Claim:
A fiber connector system comprising: a fiber optic adapter with first and second opposing ends, the fiber optic adapter being for aligning and optically connecting a pair of fiber optic connectors inserted into openings in the opposing ends of the fiber optic adapter; a fiber optic connector for mounting to and terminating an end of a fiber optic cable, the fiber optic connector including a ferrule at a first end of the fiber optic connector, the first end of the fiber optic connector sized to be inserted within the opening at the first end of the fiber optic adapter; a service blocker with a first end and a second end, the first end of the service blocker positioned within and closing off the first end of the fiber optic adapter, the first end of the service blocker forming a first latching interface with the first end of the fiber optic adapter, the second end of the service blocker positioned about the end of the fiber optic cable terminated in the fiber optic connector, the second end of the service blocker forming a second latching interface with the fiber optic connector.