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Abstract

An apparatus provides multiple telephone jacks for RJ11 and RJ45 connectors at an outlet box that has an installed telephone jack and holes to receive cover plate support screws. The apparatus includes a housing and a wiring board in the housing. The housing has an outlet box side and another side and generally has the shape of a rectangular parallelopiped with a minimal distance from the outlet box side to the other side to provide the appearance of a conventional outlet box coverplate with minimal protrusion into a room from the outlet box when installed. A telephone cord having a RJ11 or RJ45 plug connected to both ends of the telephone cord extends from the housing on the outlet box side to connect the installed phone jack to the multiple telephone jack apparatus. Further, surge protection circuitry, including an overcurrent protection device and a overvoltage protection device, is mounted on the wiring board to provide automatically resetting surge protection for the apparatus.

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