Proto Production Plastics, Inc.

Nellie S Griffith

Kenneth W Hotchkiss

John A Popken

A cable connector cover for use primarily with telephone cable connectors is provided with knock-out panels for bringing a connector half into the cover from an outlet box and for creating screw openings for mounting on the outlet box. Further mounting is possible by the use of snap-in inserts fitting within diagonally arranged pockets on the rear of the cover, which inserts may magnetically or adhesively be joined to an external object. Screws for holding the cover on an outlet box are carried in a press-fit holder within the cover, and the holder is spaced above an underlying wall by a sufficient distance that tape segments for use on the inserts can be stored between the wall and screws. Further knock-out panels provide mounting for modular jacks. Adjustable cable passage openings seal around various cable sizes or may be closed by plugs. A movable contact member in each cable passage opening is provided with flexible ears that are cammed into wrapping engagement with small cables to also permit the movable member to approach very close to the terminal end of the cable opening.

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Boulder, CO, United States of America

Nellie S Griffith