Plug holder
OwnerPhilip J. Makiinventor
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Abstract
A holder for securing receptacle plugs of electrical extension cords at selected positions. The holder has a base having an engagement portion extending therefrom to engage the receptacle plug to hold it, and a support engagement portion extending therefrom to engage a selected support structure to become affixed to that structure, or at least temporarily affixed thereto subject to removal.
Claims18
A receptacle plug holder for supporting at a selected location electrical receptacle plugs of electrical extension cords, said receptacle plug holder comprising:
- an electrically insulating base portion;
- an electrical receptacle engagement portion extending from said base portion and capable of engaging a said electrical receptacle plug on an end of a said electrical extension cord to hold that said electrical receptacle plug by having a pair of spaced apart blades extending substantially parallel to one another and sized to be forcibly, but removably, insertable in corresponding blade receptacles in that said electrical receptacle plug;
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- a support engagement portion extending from said base portion and capable of engaging a selected support structure to become substantially affixed thereto.
A receptacle plug holder for supporting at a selected location electrical receptacle plugs of electrical extension cords, said receptacle plug holder comprising:
- an electrically insulating base portion;
- an electrical receptacle engagement portion extending from said base portion and capable of forcibly engaging a said electrical receptacle plug on an end of a said electrical extension cord to removably hold that said electrical receptacle plug;
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- a support engagement portion extending from said base portion and capable of engaging a selected support structure to become substantially affixed thereto without substantially piercing a surface of said support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.