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Retainer for electrical cord connector

Granted 14 Sep 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: Carl Ray Lewis

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Inventors: Carl Ray Lewis · Examiner: Joel Sincavage · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/187,496
filed 4 Aug 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D495999
granted 14 Sep 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a flexible retainer for electrical cord connector in accordance with the present design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view from one side thereof, the opposite side view being identical thereto;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view from one end thereof, the opposite end view being mirror symmetrical thereto;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the retainer in a configuration for attachment to a plug of an appliance power cord and a mating female connector of an extension cord; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the retainer attached to the plug and the mating female connector.

The plug and the mating female connector are shown in broken lines in FIGS. 6 and 7 to indicate that they do not form part of the ornamental design according to the invention.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/154

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