Movable plug extension-cable system and methods thereof
OwnerJoshua Taylor Ware, Michael Selimoinventors
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Abstract
The exemplified systems and methods provide an extension cord system having a cord that is configured to slidably guide a movable plug carriage having conventional plug receptacle. In some embodiments, the movable plug carriage is configured with pierce-able conductors that can be inserted and retracted from a sealed skin of the cord. In other embodiments, the sealed skin can be fastened and unfastened by the movable plug carriage as the movable plug carriage moves over the cord. In yet other embodiments, the movable plug carriage is attachable and detachable from the cord.
Claims23
A system comprising:
- a flexible elongated member comprising a plurality of electrical conductors surrounded by a non-conductive encapsulation, wherein each of the plurality of electrical conductors extends between a first end and a second end defining the flexible elongated member, wherein at least one of the first end or the second end terminates with a standardized electrical plug;
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- a receptacle plug carrier having a housing and a standardized electrical receptacle configured to receive an electrical plug, the housing having a longitudinal axis that extends over a portion of the flexible elongated member, the receptacle plug carrier being configured to slidably move between the third end and the fourth end of the of the flexible elongated member.
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A system comprising:
- a cable member;
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- one or more movable-plug connectors including a first movable-plug connector that slidably couples to the cable member, wherein the first movable-plug connector comprises:
- a housing;
- one or more standardized electrical receptacles defined by the housing;
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- the two or more electrically-conductive coupling elements configured to extend and to retract from a recess portion of the housing, wherein each of the two or more electrically-conductive coupling elements to configured to extend from the recess portion of the housing across, at least, a non-conductive retaining element of a flexible elongated member defining an extension cable, to contact and establish electrical contact with a corresponding conductor defined within the extension cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.