Multiple outlet telephone line adapter

A bridge adaper assembly for a communication system having a plurality of communication line sets, each consisting of a plurality of conductors comprising:

• a housing comprising upper and lower identical halves having first and second generally rectangular major surfaces generally parallel to one another, first and second generally rectangular side walls, and first and second generally rectangular end walls, the upper half comprising the first major surface and half of the first and second side walls and half of the first and second end walls, and the lower half comprising the second major surface and half of the first and second side walls and half of the first and second end walls;
• the openings in the first and second side walls and the first and second end walls each having an opening defined therein and each opening being formed partially in the upper half and partially in the lower half of the housing;
• first multiple contact connector means mounted in an opening in the first side wall and having contacts for connection to more than one communication line set;
• second multiple contact connector means mounted in an opening in the second side wall and having contacts for connection to more than one communication line set;
• said first and second multiple contact connector means having flanges on the edges thereof, and being retained in the respective openings in either of two positions, each rotated 180.degree. from the other position;
• first and second modular connector means each having flanges on the edges thereof and each modular connector means being coupled to contacts for one communication line set of the multiple contact connector means;
• first inner walls within the housing halves and proximate the opening in the first end wall, the first inner walls defining a first pocket for slidably receiving and holding the first modular connector means;
• second inner walls within the housing halves and proximate the opening in the second end wall, the second inner walls defining a second pocket for slidably receiving and holding the second modular connector means;
• snap lock means for connecting together the top and bottom halves of the housing comprising first and second posts projecting from an inner surface of the first major surface, the first and second posts each having a lip and groove proximate their free ends, third and fourth connecting posts projecting from an inner surface of the second major surface, the third and fourth posts each having a lip and groove proximate their free ends, wherein the first and second posts and the third and fourth posts are positioned within the housing so that the lip and groove of the first post cooperate with the lip and groove of the third post, and the lip and the groove of the second post cooperate with the lip and groove of the fourth post to connect and hold together the upper and lower halves of the housing;
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• conductor means within the housing for connecting a plurality of communication line sets between the first and second multiple contact connector means, said conductor means having sufficient length to permit one of the multiple contact connector means to be rotated between its two positions.