Electric Outlet Wall Plate Tether

• US 20180342836A1
• Filed: 05/25/2017
• Published: 11/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jared Mancil
• Original Assignee: Jared Mancil
• Inventors: Mancil, Jared
• Application Number:
  US15/605,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20180342836A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6395 for wall or panel outlets

Abstract

The current invention are tethers that secure an electric plug into an electric outlet wall plate. The tether is secured to the wall plate by the screw that secures the wall plate to the wall. The tether is secured to the electric cord by a loop that fastens around the cord. The tether is too short for the electric cord to be unplugged while secured. Designed with the safety of young children in mind, this device can also be useful in preventing the accidental remove of cords, which can be valuable in protecting some types of electronics.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A device to anchor electrical cords comprising:

a tether with two end where one end it wall screw anchor and the other end is a plug anchor where the two anchors are connected by a strip, wherein the wall screw anchor has a hole in the center, a screw goes through the hole in the wall screw anchor and where said screw is screwed in, where the plug anchor has an opening with a break in it where the opening could be bent at the break so that it snuggly fits around a plug securing the plug into an electrical outlet.

16. A device according to claim 15 further comprising:

plug anchor comprising a stiffness structure.

17. A device according to claim 15 further comprising:

where the break would have ends that connect using a connection means.