Electrical plug accessory

Claim 1

A device for holding together a male plug and a female plug of an electrical connector in a connected state, each of the male and female plugs having a plug body and an electrical cord extending therefrom, said device comprising: male and female members of substantially cylindrical hollow configuration, each of the member having an open end adapted to receive one of the male and the female plugs and enclose and surround said one of the male and female plugs while presenting an open end through which the surrounded male or female plug can fully protrude and be accessed and an enclosed end shaped to engage and abut its inner surface against the body of the plug it surrounds and to provide an aperture through which the electrical cord can extend and move so as to permit the male or female plug to move relative to the member and to fully protrude from the member and be grasped for connection and disconnection; the male hollow member having an exterior cylindrical surface which fits within the interior cylindrical surface of the female hollow member, one of the two cylindrical surfaces carrying one or more axial indentations each having one more indented notches in communication with and perpendicular to the axial indentations, the other of the two cylindrical surfaces carrying one or more protuberances, the number, size and location of the protuberances corresponding to the axial indentations on the other surface, said protuberances positioned so as to engage the axial indentations and to meet the perpendicular notches when the inner surfaces of the male and female members abut against the bodies of the male and female plugs in a connected state so that upon rotation of the male and female members relative to one another, the protuberances enter and engage the notches thereby locking the two members in position holding together the male plug and the female plug in a connected state.

Claim 2

A device for holding together a male plug and a female plug of an electrical connector in a connected state, each of the male and female plugs having a plug body and an electrical cord extending therefrom, said device comprising: male and female members of substantially cylindrical hollow configuration, each of the member having an open end adapted to receive one of the male and the female plugs and enclose and surround said one of the male and female plugs while presenting an open end through which the surrounded male or female plug can fully protrude and be accessed and an enclosed end shaped to engage and abut its inner surface against the body of the plug it surrounds and to provide an aperture through which the electrical cord can extend and move so as to permit the male or female plug to move relative to the member and to fully protrude from the member and be grasped for connection and disconnection; the male hollow member having an exterior cylindrical surface which fits within the interior cylindrical surface of the female hollow member, one of the two cylindrical surfaces carrying one or more axial indentations each having one more indented notches in communication with and perpendicular to the axial indentations, the other of the two cylindrical surfaces carrying one or more protuberances, the number, size and location of the protuberances corresponding to the axial indentations on the other surface, said protuberances positioned so as to engage the axial indentations and to meet the perpendicular notches when the inner surfaces of the male and female members abut against the bodies of the male and female plugs in a connected state so that upon rotation of the male and female members relative to one another, the protuberances enter and engage the notches thereby locking the two members in position holding together the male plug and the female plug in a connected state.