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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1976
Kenneth W Hotchkiss, Golden, CO (US);
Proto Production Plastics, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A cover for an open face terminal block, with or without a distributor panel adjacent one end of the block, for telephone installation equipment, said cover comprising a flat top which overlies the open face of the terminal block, or overlies said block and distributor panel, and extends sidewise beyond the side walls of the block, snap tabs depending from the inner surface of the flat top inwardly of the side edges of the top in positions which provide frictional engagement of the snap tabs with the side walls of the terminal block when the cover is pressed down on the block, and, if a distributor panel is present, distributor panel engaging means located on the inner surface of the cover top in the area located outwardly of the terminal block side walls, said cover covering adjacent blocks and space between them whereby tops and sides of the blocks are protected.