Patent ID: 8783968

Claim:
A connector comprising: a first connector plug, configured to be inserted into an associated socket in a first longitudinal direction; a first resilient leg, depending at a first end thereof from the first connector plug, and having a depressible part, distal therefrom, depressible towards the first connector plug; a guard cover affixed to the first connector plug, configured to prevent access to the depressible part of the first resilient leg in the direction of depression, but to permit access to the first resilient leg in the first longitudinal direction through a single access aperture, the single access aperture being aligned with the depressible part of the first resilient leg on an axis parallel with the first longitudinal direction, to allow depression of the first resilient leg through the single access aperture by directly contacting the first resilient leg with a tool inserted through the single access aperture; a second connector plug, configured to be inserted into an associated socket in the first longitudinal direction; a second resilient leg, depending at a second end thereof from the second connector plug, and having a depressible part, distal therefrom, depressible towards the second connector plug; and said guard cover affixed to the second connector plug, configured to prevent access to the depressible parts of the first resilient leg and the second resilient leg in their directions of depression, but to permit access to the first resilient leg and the second resilient leg in the first longitudinal direction through the single access aperture, the single access aperture being aligned with the depressible part of the second resilient leg on an axis parallel with the first longitudinal direction to allow depression of the first resilient leg and second resilient leg through the single access aperture by directly contacting the first and second resilient legs with a tool inserted through the single access aperture.