Power cord theft-resisting device
CA 2237437 A1 · Owner: Wold, Clifford J. · Inventors: Wold, Clifford J.; Wold, Edwin L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
Apparatus for securing an electrical power cord against theft comprises cylindrical tube rigidly attached to a padlock. The cord passes through the tube's, bore. The bore is too small to pass the enlarged cord ends or plugs trapping , the, cord in the tube. The cord cannot be removed without first removing the cord ends, or severing the cord. The padlock can be locked to any secure structure rendering, the cord resistant to theft.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed May 12, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 12, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 12, 2020.
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