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Multiple telephone outlet box with surge protection

  • US 6,373,944 B1
  • Filed: 09/24/1999
  • Issued: 04/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for providing multiple telephone jacks at an outlet box that has an installed telephone jack and holes to receive cover plate support screws comprising:

  • a wiring board having mounted thereon an input telephone jack and a plurality of output telephone jacks and wires from said input telephone jack to said plurality of output telephone jacks so that circuits are formed from said input telephone jack to said output telephone jacks;

    a housing for said wiring board, said housing having an outlet box side and another side with said wiring board arranged within said housing so that the number of telecommunications paths available from said outlet box side of said housing to said other side of said housing is multiplied, and said housing having mounting holes arranged to receive mounting screws to pass through said housing for engagement with the holes in the outlet box to form a secure mount of said housing on the outlet box; and

    a telephone cord having a first telephone plug connected to a first end of said telephone cord a second telephone plug connected to a second end of said telephone cord;

    wherein the first telephone plug of said telephone cord engages the input telephone jack on said wiring board;

    wherein the second end of said telephone cord extends out of said housing on the outlet box side; and

    wherein the second telephone plug of said telephone cord is configured for engagement with the installed telephone jack of the outlet box.

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