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US 11,600,407 B1Granted
Cables
OwnerMorris E. Coheninventor
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Abstract
Cables, including electrical cables. The cables are provided with a series of elements designed to interlock with each other when a first length of cable is pressed against a second length of cable, the element including protrusions and spaces between the protrusions. A user folds a length of cable on itself or on another cable, snugly pressing the protrusions into the spaces, to store the cable, or to restrict the movement of the cable during use. In this manner, movement of the cable is restricted into the configuration set by the user, and preventing the cable from becoming tangled, knotted, or so forth.
Claims8
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- (a) an electric cable;
- (b) said cable comprising protrusions;
- (c) said cable comprising indentations;
- (d) wherein said cable does not use a sliding element for securing together portions of said cable;
- (e) and wherein said protrusions and indentations are not part of hook or loop fastening materials;
- (f) said protrusions each comprising a top, said top comprising a cross-section;
- (g) said protrusions each comprising a base, said base comprising a cross-section;
- (h) said cross-section of said top having a diameter which is substantially equal to the diameter of said cross-section of said base, or which is less than the diameter of said cross-section of said base;
- (i) wherein said cable sequentially comprises a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, such that first segment is followed by said second segment, and such that said second segment is followed by said third segment, with said second segment being located between said first segment and said third segment;
- (j) wherein said cable can be folded to press some of said protrusions into said indentations, such that said protrusions fit snugly into, and are reversibly removable from, said indentations, such that the user has the option to:
- (1) secure said first segment to at least a portion of said second segment;
- (2) or secure said first segment to at least a portion of said third segment;
- (3) or secure said first segment both to least a portion of said second segment and at least a portion of said third segment.
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An article of manufacture, comprising:
- (k) an electric cable, and a power supply;
- (l) said cable comprising protrusions;
- (m) said cable comprising indentations;
- (n) said power supply also comprising said protrusions and/or said indentations;
- (o) wherein said cable does not use a sliding element for securing together portions of said cable;
- (p) and wherein said protrusions and indentations are not part of hook or loop fastening materials;
- (q) said protrusions each comprising a top, said top comprising a cross-section;
- (r) said protrusions each comprising a base, said base comprising a cross-section;
- (s) said cross-section of said top having a diameter which is substantially equal to the diameter of said cross-section of said base, or which is less than the diameter of said cross-section of said base;
- (t) wherein said cable sequentially comprises a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, such that first segment is followed by said second segment, and such that said second segment is followed by said third segment, with said second segment being located between said first segment and said third segment;
- and,
- (u) wherein said cable can be folded to press some of said protrusions into said indentations, such that said protrusions fit snugly into, and are reversibly removable from, said indentations, and such that the user has the option to:
- (1) secure said first segment to at least a portion of said second segment;
- (2) or secure said first segment to at least a portion of said third segment;
- (3) or secure said first segment to both at least a portion of said second segment and at least a portion of said third segment;
- (4) or secure said first segment to said power supply.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.