ribs 176 and an engagement member arranged on the end referring now to fig1 14 the operation of the removal tool 150 is shown for extracting a row of cables 102 from the drawer 110 first the operator identifies the row of cables 102 to be removed and slides the removal tool 150 over the row of cables 102 with the engagement members 162 facing the connectors 104 fig1 the engagement members 162 are inserted onto the tab members 114 such that the shaft portion 115 is positioned within the slots 168 in this position the engagement member 162 is arranged between the head portion 117 and the receptacle 106 the operator then grasps the handle portion 154 and moves the removal tool 150 in the direction away from the drawer 110 this causes the ends 170 172 to contact the head portion 117 of the tab member 114 resulting in the connector mechanism disengaging from the receptacle 106 fig1 the operator then continues to move the row of cables 102 away from the drawer 110 and separates the row of cables 102 from the cable matrix fig1 it should be appreciated that the removal tool 150 may be used to extract any row of cables from the matrix and that the tool may be used to extract an.