Protective enclosure for electrical plug connections

Claim 1

An enclosure device for a coupling consisting of the mated terminals of two electrical cord members, said device comprising: (a) a water impervious flexible sheath having interior and exterior surfaces, two end extremities, and two mating longitudinal edges, (b) zipper means associated with said longitudinal edges, (c) a sealing band of compressibly resilient material disposed upon said interior surface adjacent each end extremity in substantially perpendicular relationship to said longitudinal edges, said bands having a proximal portion affixed to said interior surface, and a free distal portion adapted to pass beneath said zipper and abut with said proximal portion to form a closed circle, and (d) a binding strap having a proximal portion attached to a first site on said exterior surface in overlying alignment with each sealing band and having a free distal portion adapted to cross perpendicularly above the mated longitudinal edges and releasibly engage said exterior surface at a second site, whereby (e) when the sheath is wrapped around said coupling with its longitudinal edges in general alignment with said electrical cords, and the zipper means is drawn to interengage said edges, an enclosure is formed wherein each end extremity encircles a cord member, said enclosure being rendered water impervious by engagement of the distal extremities of said binding straps with the second sites of said exterior surface under tension, causing said underlying sealing band to compressively engage the respective cord member.