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Electric cord accessory

  • US 5,813,879 A
  • Filed: 08/22/1997
  • Issued: 09/29/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical plug accessory which prevents the male and female portions of an electric cord from becoming disengaged, the accessory comprising in combination:

  • a female housing assembly comprising an upper half and a lower half, each half having a rearward extent, a forward extent, a first side edge, a second side edge, an exterior surface and an interior surface, each half being tapered from the forward toward the rearward extent;

    a male housing assembly comprising an upper half and a lower half, each half having a rearward extent, a forward extent, a first side edge, a second side edge, an exterior surface and an interior surface, each half being tapered from the forward toward the rearward extent;

    an upper pair of primary arcuate flanges secured to opposite sides of the upper half of the female housing at the forward extent, an upper pair of secondary arcuate flanges secured to the opposite sides of the upper half of the female housing at the rearward extent;

    a lower pair of primary arcuate flanges secured to opposite sides of the lower half of the female housing at the forward extent, a lower pair of secondary arcuate flanges secured to the opposite sides of the lower half of the female housing at the rearward extent;

    screws securing the pair of upper primary flanges of the female housing to the pair of lower primary flanges of the female housing, and screws securing the pair of upper secondary flanges of the female housing to the pair of lower secondary flanges of the female housing;

    an upper pair of primary arcuate flanges secured to opposite sides of the upper half of the male housing at the forward extent, an upper pair of secondary arcuate flanges secured to the opposite sides of the upper half of the male housing at the rearward extent;

    a lower pair of primary arcuate flanges secured to opposite sides of the lower half of the male housing at the forward extent, a lower pair of secondary arcuate flanges secured to the opposite sides of the lower half of the male housing at the rearward extent;

    screws securing the pair of upper primary flanges of the male housing to the pair of lower primary flanges of the male housing, and screws securing the pair of upper secondary flanges of the male housing to the pair of lower secondary flanges of the male housing;

    an upper receptacle secured to the upper half of the female housing at the forward extent, a lower receptacle secured to the lower half of the female housing at the forward extent;

    an upper protrusion secured to the upper half of the male housing at the forward extent, a lower protrusion secured to the lower half of the male housing at the forward extent.

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