Network interface device with environmentally protected compartment

Claim 1

A telephone network interface device for connection between telephone company owned subscriber loop wiring and telephone subscriber owned premise wiring, comprising: (a) a rack having a first side and a second side, said rack perforated by at least one jack opening and a set of terminal openings, each such opening in communication with the first and second rack sides; (b) a set of premise wiring terminals each inserted into a terminal opening from the first rack side, and a set of line cord terminals each inserted into a terminal opening from the second rack side to be in electrical communication with a premise wiring terminal; (c) at least one electrical jack inserted into a jack opening, each jack having a plug receptacle facing the first rack side and a set of wire receptacles facing the second rack side; (d) a set of telephone company subscriber loop wiring inserted into a set of wire receptacle; and at least one jack plug, each jack plug inserted into a plug receptacle; (e) at least one line cord, each line cord in electrical communication between a jack plug and a pair of line cord terminals; and, (f) a receptacle base attached to the second side of the rack, said base holding a potting compound covering the set of line cord terminals and the set of wire receptacles, but not covering the set of premise wiring terminals.