HATCH FOR A POWER SUPPLY CORD

• US 3,773,969 A
• Filed: 02/25/1972
• Issued: 11/20/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles E. Geisel
• Original Assignee: Charles E. Geisel
• Inventors: Geisel, Charles E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilheany, Bernard A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tone, D. A.
• Application Number:
  US05/229,316
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 174/65,67 220/24.3,3.8 339/34,36,37,44R 191/12R,12.2R,12.4R
• US Class Current: 174/67
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/60 Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged

Abstract

A hatch for a power supply cord. The hatch includes a housing defining a cord receiving recess. Two openings are formed in the housing in communication with the recess therein. A lid which is pivotally mounted to the housing covers one opening in the housing and is shiftable from a closed position into an open position to allow access into the recess. The lid has an opening therein which allows the power supply cord to extend through the housing when it is connected to a power source. A slidable door is carried by the lid to cover the opening therein when the lid is in its closed position and the power supply cord is withdrawn from the lid opening.

Claims

1. A hatch for a power supply cord having a flexible body, said hatch including a housing portion having a side wall and end wall which cooperate to define a cord receiving recess, said housing portion having a first opening therein oppositely located from saiD end wall and a second opening therein through which said cord will normally pass, both said first and second openings communicating with said recess, a lid, means pivotally connecting said lid to said housing portion to allow said lid to shift between a closed position covering said first opening and an open position exposing said first opening and said recess, the improvement wherein said lid has an opening formed therein to expose a part of said first opening when said lid is in its closed position, said lid opening having a transverse dimension exceeding the transverse dimension of the flexible body of said cord so as to accommodate said cord body when said lid is in its closed position and said cord body extends through said lid opening, means releasably locking said lid in its closed position, door means carried by one of said housing and lid and being shiftable over said lid to close the opening therein when said lid is in its closed position and said cord body is withdrawn from said lid opening, said door means including parts engaging retainer means carried by said lid to cause said door to be shiftable on said lid and over said opening therein, said retainer means carried by said lid including spaced, inturned retainer parts protruding outwardly from the outer face of said lid, said door means fitting between and including marginal sections fitting under said retainer parts and being urged thereby against the outer face of said lid.

2. The hatch of claim 1 and stop means cooperatively carried by said lid and door means for limiting the extent of movement of said door means on said lid outer face.

3. The hatch of claim 1 wherein said housing portion side wall defines a trough means at the bottom of the recess for accommodating the body of said cord as the cord extends through said lid opening, said opening in said lid being located at the bottom edge of the lid in alignment with said trough means.