Frame cradle for telephone connector blocks
AssigneePorta Systems Corp.
InventorsCarl Meyerhoefer, Helmuth Neuwirth
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Abstract
A multiple cradle structure for use in supporting a plurality of cradle-mounted telephone connector blocks upon a main frame or backboard wherein the wired blocks may be pressed into position to be supported thereon. The cradle is configured to provide separate passages for outside plant cable and inside office wiring so as to maintain cross talk and noise on individual subscriber pairs at a minimum.
Claims3
An improved cradle for mounting plural telephone connector blocks of rectangular configuration comprising an elongated planar base wall having first and second opposed ends, means for mounting said ends upon a supporting surface;
- a plurality of flexible laterally extending members projecting from a surface of said base wall, said laterally extending members having generally planar opposed side surfaces;
- and a flexible hook member carried by at least one of said side surfaces and extending in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said base wall, said hook member having inner and outer surfaces;
- the inner surface of said hook member defining a first an enclosed area for the reception of a group of elongated conductors, the outer surface of said hook member having resilient means for engaging a corresponding recess in a telephone connector block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.