Portable multibranch protective extension cord
OwnerArthur Fouxinventor
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Abstract
A portable multibranch extension cord includes in one embodiment a female plug having a shroud, a plurality of surge protection components contained in the shroud, and a plurality of branches from the female plug terminated in a plug, with one of the plugs being configured for connection to a main power source. In another embodiment, the shroud has a substantially circular shape with a center and a perimeter, and the female plugs are disposed proximal to the center, and wherein the one branch which terminates in the male plug is longer than the other branches.
Claims12
An electrical apparatus, comprising:
- a multi-unit electrical system comprising a primary system unit having electrical plug connection means and a plurality of separate secondary system units each having electrical plug connection means;
- multibranch protective extension cord for supplying electric power to said electrical plug connection means of said primary system unit and said electrical plug connection means of a plurality of said secondary system units, said multibranch protective extension cord comprising a female plug having a shroud;
- surge protection components contained in said shroud;
- a plurality of branches branching away from said female plug;
- each said branch having conductors and a branch distal end, said conductors being terminated at said distal end in a plug, one of said plugs being configured for connection to a main power source.
An electrical apparatus for supplying electric power to a multi-unit electrical system comprising a primary system unit having electrical plug connection means and a plurality of separate secondary system units each having electrical plug connection means, comprising:
- multibranch protective extension cord for supplying electric power to said electrical plug connection means of said primary system unit and said electrical plug connection means of a plurality of said secondary system units, said multibranch protective extension cord comprising a female plug having a shroud;
- surge protection components contained in said shroud;
- a plurality of branches branching away from said female plug;
- wherein each said branch has conductors and a branch distal end, said conductors being terminated at said distal end in a plug, one of said plugs being configured for connection to a main power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.