Temporary securing device for electric cords
OwnerLee S. Kellerinventor
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Abstract
A device for temporarily securing the engagement of joined end plugs of end-to-end interconnected first and second electrical cords that includes first and second removable, flexible, electrically insulated harnesses, for encircling each of the electric cords adjacent the joined end plugs, each harness having at least two bands of terminal length extending toward the plugs wherein the terminal ends of the straps are adapted to thread through cinches or joinable cinch subcomponents for pulling the harnesses tightly into temporary interconnection.
Claims17
A device for temporarily securing the engagement of joined end plugs of end-to-end interconnected first and second electric cords, comprising:
- (a) a first removable, flexible, electrically insulated harness, including first adjustable collar means for encircling the first electric cord, adjacent its end plug, and having at least two bands, of terminal length extending from said collar means toward the plug, each having attached thereto an electrically insulated cinch wherein each cinch includes a pair of elongated opposed side walls held in spaced-apart relation by a plurality of fixed, spaced-apart cross-arms spanning therebetween, a cinch bar interior of said cross-arms, spanning said sidewalls and arranged normal to the long axis of a strap to be introduced thereinto and a pair of sharp edges formed respectively on said cinch bar and an adjacent cross-arm in spaced-apart, facing relationship so that when said strap in inserted into said cinch, looped about said cinch bar and threaded back around said adjacent cross-arm on which said sharp edge is formed, said strap passes over said sharp edges and forms a self-locking configuration in said cinch when said terminal end of said strap is pulled tight;
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- (b) a second removable, flexible, electrically insulated harness including second adjustable collar means for encircling the second electric cord, adjacent its end plug, and having at least two elongated straps extending from said collar means toward said cinches, each strap of a length sufficient to be threaded into and back out of said cinches when the plugs are interconnected;
- (c) wherein a clasping action is developed in said cinch, independent of said straps and bands and the surfaces thereof, to secured said joined end plugs.
A device for temporarily securing the engagement of joined end plugs of end-to-end interconnected first and second electric cords, comprising:
- (a) a first removable, flexible, electrically insulated harness, including first adjustable collar means for encircling the first electric cord, adjacent its end plug, and having at least two bands of terminal length extending from said collar means toward the plug, each having attached thereto a first portion of an electrically insulated, adjustable, interconnectable cinch;
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- (b) a second removable, flexible, electrically insulated harness including second adjustable collar means for encircling the second electric cord, adjacent its end plug, and having at least two elongated straps extending from said collar means toward said first cinch portions, each having attached thereto a second portion of an electrically insulated, adjustable, interconnectable cinch;
- (c) wherein each said cinch portion includes a pair of elongated opposed side walls held in spaced-apart relation by a plurality of fixed, spaced-apart cross-arms spanning therebetween, a cinch bar interior of said cross-arms, spanning said sidewalls and arranged normal to the long axis of said strap and a pair of sharp edges formed respectively on said cinch bar and an adjacent cross-arm in spaced-apart, facing relationship so that when said strap is inserted into said cinch, looped about said cinch bar and threaded back around said adjacent cross-arm on which said sharp edge is formed, said strap passes over said sharp edges and forms a self-locking configuration in said cinch portion when said strap is pulled tight;
- (d) wherein said first and second portions of said interconnectable cinches are adapted to be adjusted along said bands and straps and thereafter interconnected into locking configuration to draw said harnesses toward each other to secure said joined end plugs.
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