Electrical cord connector having an improved protective covering

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A PAIR OF COOPERATING PROTECTIVE COVERS FOR A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CORD CONNECTOR COMPONENTS COMPRISING: A FIRST RESILIENT COVER ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE CONNECTOR COMPONENTS INCLUDING A PORTION FOR RECEIVING AND SNUGLY EMBRACING A CORD SECTION THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE ONE OF THE CONNECTOR COMPONENTS; A PORTION FOR SURROUNDING AND GRIPPING THE ONE OF THE CONNECTOR COMPONENTS; A CYLINDRICAL OVERHANGING PORTION AT THE FRONT END OF SAID FIRST COVER EXTENDING AXIALLY BEYOND WHERE THE FRONT FACE OF THE ONE OF THE CONNECTOR COMPONENTS ON WHICH SAID FIRST COVER IS ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED IS DISPOSED WHEN IT IS MOUNTED THEREON; AND A PAIR OF AXIALLY SPACED RADIALLY INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGES FORMED ON SAID OVERHANGING PORTION; THE FLANGE THAT IS SPACED AXIALLY OUTWARDLY ON SAID OVERHANGING PORTION BEING MORE FLEXIBLE THAN SAID OVERHANGING PORTION; AND A SECOND RESILIENT COVER ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE OTHER CONNECTOR COMPONENT INCLUDING A PORTION FOR RECEIVING AND SNUGLY EMBRACING A CORD SECTION THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE OTHER CONNECTOR COMPONENT; A PORTION FOR SURROUNDING AND GRIPPING THE OTHER CONNECTOR COMPONENT, AND A CONTINUOUS ANNULAR FORWARDLY INCLINED LIP AT THE FRONT END OF SAID SECOND COVER; SAID COVERS BEING DIMENSIONED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE FRONT END OF SAID SECOND COVER IS AXIALLY INSERTABLE WITHIN SAID OVERHANGING PORTION BY CONTACTING AND DEFORMING SAID OUTWARDLY SPACED FLANGE AXIALLY INWARDLY, AND SAID LIP IS ARRANGED TO BE RECEIVED FULLY THEREIN WITH THE FRONT FACE OF SAID LIP IN PLANAR FLUID-TIGHT SEALING CONTACT WITH A PLANAR SIDE OF THE FLANGE ON THE INNER SIDE OF SAID OVERHANGING PORTION AND THE OUTWARDLY SPACED FLANGE DEFORMED SO AS TO HAVE ITS NORMALLY AXIALLY OUTERMOST SIDE IN PERIPHERAL FLUIDTIGHT SEALING CONTACT WITH AN ANNULAR PORTION OF SAID SECOND COVER.