Device for retaining a stringer of electric wire
OwnerBruce Bortinventor
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Abstract
A device for retaining a string of Christmas lights is made from a planar panel of a suitable material such as wood, plastic, or metal. The panel has a central body with parallel opposing sides around which the wire of a stringer of lights is wrapped. Extensions at the ends of the parallel sides retain the wire from falling off the central body during storage. The device includes a handle and a recess in the handle large enough to receive a portion of an electrical connector and openings at the bottom of the recess to permit the prongs of a male electrical connector to extend therethrough and engage the slots of a female connector to thereby retain the connectors at the end of a stringer of lights to each other.
Claims6
A device for retaining a length of electric wire having a male connector at one end thereof and a female connector at the opposite end thereof, the device comprising
- a panel having opposing first and second planar surfaces,
- said planar surfaces being free from protrusions,
- said planar surfaces separated by a given thickness,
- said planar panel having a central body with parallel sides around which wraps of said length of wire are receivable,
- said panel including a pair of parallel extensions positioned at opposite ends of one of said parallel sides,
- said first of said planar surfaces having a recess large enough for receiving a portion of one of said electrical connectors, and
- at least one opening at the bottom of said opening sized to receive prongs of said male connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.