Cord restraint for electrical cords
OwnerRoger Cheston Broachinventor
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Abstract
A device for holding an electrical cord, such as a cellular phone charging cord, so that the electrical cord is easily restrained, located and retrieved. The device may be constructed of a flexible body that may be in any desirable shape. The body is provided with a slit that extends some distance, and in some embodiments, approximately halfway through the body. An electrical cord can be inserted through the slit. At the center of the body, the slit is enlarged to form a channel for receiving the cord. With the cord thus secured within the channel, the body makes the cord easier to find and less likely to slip or fall off of a surface where the cord is to be placed.
Claims16
A cord restraint for an electrical cord having a diameter, the cord restraint comprising:
- a flexible foam body having a diameter, wherein the flexible foam body forms a channel having a diameter that is substantially uniform in diameter and that is adapted for circumferentially receiving the electrical cord, the channel formed through the flexible foam body;
- and
- wherein the flexible foam body has a longest dimension and the channel is co-extensive with the longest dimension of the flexible foam body;
- wherein the flexible foam body circumferentially engages the electrical cord in the channel via surface friction;
- and
- wherein the diameter of the flexible foam body is substantially greater than a diameter of the electrical cord.
A cord restraint for an electrical cord having a diameter, the cord restraint comprising:
- a flexible foam body having a diameter and forming a channel having a diameter that is substantially uniform in diameter and that is adapted for circumferentially receiving the electrical cord;
- wherein the flexible foam body has a longest dimension and the channel is co-extensive with the longest dimension of the flexible foam body and restrains the electrical cord therein without looping the electrical cord;
- and
- wherein the diameter of the flexible foam body is substantially greater than a diameter of the electrical cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.