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Quick-release appliance cord assembly

  • US 6,527,570 B1
  • Filed: 10/03/2001
  • Issued: 03/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A quick-release plug assembly comprising:

  • a plug body defining an opening for receiving an end of a cord; and

    a socket body for receiving the plug body along a coupling axis, the socket body having outwardly diverging sidewalls;

    wherein one of the socket body and the plug body include first and second contact posts, and the other of the socket body and the plug body defines corresponding first and second contacts spaced to connect to the contact posts when the plug body is coupled to the socket body;

    wherein one of the socket body and the plug body include a magnet, and the other of the socket body and the plug body includes an attraction member so that a magnetic force between the magnet and the attraction member couples the plug body along the coupling axis to the socket body;

    wherein the cord is received in the opening of the plug body from a direction which is at an angle relative to the coupling axis when the plug body is coupled to the socket body; and

    wherein the socket body includes a plurality of vertical ridges located so that when the plug body is coupled to the socket body the ridges contact a front surface of the plug body at a point spaced inwardly from side surfaces of the plug body and thereby provides a fulcrum about which the plug body may pivot to remove the plug body from the socket body.

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