Electrical cord connection retainer
CA 2269384 A1 · Owner: Clements, Raymond H. · Inventors: Clements, Raymond H.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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This invention relates to a device and method for preventing the accidental separation, of interconnected cords, such as an electrical cord connected to an extension cord. The device consists preferably of a single piece of an elastic material with two, apertures, spaced so that the distance between the apertures is less than or equal to the, length of an interconnected male plug and female socket. A male plug and a female, socket are inserted through each of the apertures on the same face of the device, then, the plug and socket are connected together while stretching the device. Once the plug, and socket are connected, the elastic material is under tension and the connection will, …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 21, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 21, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 21, 2021.
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