Patent ID: 7517241

Claim:
An apparatus to release a connector plug of a telecommunications cable from a telecommunications cable connector jack of a telecommunications device, the apparatus comprising: a pivot comprising a wire; and a main body attached to the pivot, the main body comprising: a rotation arm having a top surface portion and a through pivot hole at one end of the rotation arm, the pivot hole being substantially at the middle of the body; and a touch point, the rotation arm located apart from the touch point, wherein: the apparatus is to be attached to the telecommunications device; and the entire main body is to rotate as a unit about a longitudinal axis of the pivot upon the application of sufficient force at the touch point, the rotation comprising a rotation of the rotation arm, the rotation of the rotation arm causing a leading surface of the rotation arm to compress a release lever of the telecommunications cable connector plug and to disengage the telecommunications cable connector plug from the telecommunications cable connector jack; the pivot is to intersect only the main body in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pivot; the hole is to lie along the longitudinal axis of the pivot; and the wire is to pass through the hole.