Overlay to permit delivery of telephony and mission-critical data services to hospital-wide points of care
First Claim
1. An overlay for a wall jack adapted to receive a telephony plug of a specific type, comprising:
- a housing having an interior face and an exterior face;
a telephony plug on the interior face of the housing, the telephony plug suitable for insertion into the wall jack;
a telephony socket integrated to the housing and accessible from the exterior face of the housing, the telephony socket being adapted to receive a telephony plug of the specific type, wherein when receiving the telephony plug of the specific type, the telephony socket providing a resistance to tension-induced disconnect of the telephony plug of the specific type;
a high-speed connector integrated to the housing for connection to a mating connector leading to a digital apparatus, the high-speed connector and the mating connector being rotatably secured together, thereby providing a resistance to tension-induced disconnect of the mating connector;
the resistance to tension-induced disconnect of the mating connector being greater than the resistance to tension-induced disconnect of the telephony plug of the specific type;
a combiner-splitter unit electrically connected to the telephony plug, to the telephony socket and to the high-speed connector.
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Abstract
An overlay for a wall jack adapted to receive a telephony plug of a specific type. The overlay comprises a housing, as well as a telephony plug and a telephony socket on opposite faces of the housing. The telephony socket is adapted to receive a telephony plug of the specific type, and is equipped with a first physical lock mechanism for keeping the telephony plug of the specific type connected to the telephony socket. Also provided is a high-speed connector integrated to the housing, for connection to a mating connector leading to a digital apparatus, the high-speed connector being equipped with a second physical lock mechanism for keeping the mating connector connected to the high-speed connector. The second lock mechanism is designed to be more resistant to tension-induced disconnect than the first lock mechanism.
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20 Claims
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1. An overlay for a wall jack adapted to receive a telephony plug of a specific type, comprising:
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a housing having an interior face and an exterior face; a telephony plug on the interior face of the housing, the telephony plug suitable for insertion into the wall jack; a telephony socket integrated to the housing and accessible from the exterior face of the housing, the telephony socket being adapted to receive a telephony plug of the specific type, wherein when receiving the telephony plug of the specific type, the telephony socket providing a resistance to tension-induced disconnect of the telephony plug of the specific type; a high-speed connector integrated to the housing for connection to a mating connector leading to a digital apparatus, the high-speed connector and the mating connector being rotatably secured together, thereby providing a resistance to tension-induced disconnect of the mating connector; the resistance to tension-induced disconnect of the mating connector being greater than the resistance to tension-induced disconnect of the telephony plug of the specific type; a combiner-splitter unit electrically connected to the telephony plug, to the telephony socket and to the high-speed connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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