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Cascadable modem apparatus

  • US 5,864,467 A
  • Filed: 02/12/1997
  • Issued: 01/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cascadable data communication equipment (DCE) apparatus comprising:

  • a housing having a top and a bottom;

    a plurality of angled feet attached to the housing bottom in cantilever fashion to define a distal portion of each foot;

    a plurality of receiving slots defined in the housing top and disposed to receive the distal portions of a plurality of angled feet from an adjacent housing;

    a resilient locking tab attached to the housing bottom in cantilever fashion to define a distal portion directed away from the housing bottom, the tab being responsive to force applied to the distal portion to flex inwardly toward the housing bottom;

    a raised portion on the housing top configured to engage a locking tab from an adjacent housing and interlock the two adjacent housings.

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