Electric plug retainer
OwnerJeffrey A. Busta, Vincent A. Vinceriinventors
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Abstract
An electric plug retainer means to releasably maintain said plug in contact with a wall socket and prevent dislodgment where there is, four double retention, a T shaped bracket mounted to a wall plate that extends outwardly therefrom and there are plug biasing insert means that extends between said plug and bias against a portion of said T shaped bracket to urge the plug into contact with a wall plug. The insert means is adjustable to accommodate plugs of varying lengths.
Claims7
An electric plug retainer means to releasably maintain an electric plug with an electric wire extending therefrom in electrical contact with a wall outlet socket covered with an electric wall plate and prevent inadvertent dislodgment of said plug from said wall outlet socket, said combination including:
- a unitary plug bias bracket adapted to be attached to said electrical wall plate and extend outwardly of said wall plate, said unitary bracket being T-shaped with the leg of said T secured to said electrical wall plate and a bias member forming the top of said T extending on both sides of said leg generally normal to the axis of said leg, said top forming a pair of bias plates and said bias plates each including a cutout wherein at least one of said cutouts is axially aligned with said outlet socket;
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- plug biasing insert means removably inserted within said cutout of at least one of said bias plates extending to and bearing against said electric plug, said plug biasing insert being elongated having a longitudinal bore with said electric wire from said electric plug extending through said bore and said bore, said electric plug and said cutout being axially aligned, and said elongated plug biasing insert is laterally shiftable and lockable within said cutout to maintain contact with said electric plug and bias the same against said electric socket.
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