Retainer for electric cord connectors

Claim 1

A flexible retainer for engaging and retaining electrical cord-attached interconnected male and female connectors comprising: a generally rectangular shaped elongate flexible strip having inner and outer surfaces and including a pair of end portions and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion having a width dimension smaller than the width dimension of the end portions and having a length dimension corresponding to the length of a pair of interconnected male and female electrical connectors, each end portion having an elongate substantially straight slit therein extending longitudinally of the strip, each slit having inner and outer ends and being of a linear size for permitting an electrical male or female connector pass there through, the male and female electrical connectors when interconnected together and retained by the flexible retainer being positioned upon the intermediate portion with the end portions engaging the electrical connectors and being disposed in overlapped engaging relation with respect to each other, each slit having a circular opening at opposite ends thereof, said opening at the inner end of each slit being disposed adjacent an end of said intermediate portion and sized for receiving the electrical cord of a connector therethrough, the electrical cord of a connector being completely seated within the opening at the inner end of the associated slit, said flexible strip being formed of VELCRO including hooks and loops, said hooks entirely covering one of said inner or outer surfaces, and said loops entirely covering the other surface, the hooks and loops of said overlapped end portions engaging each other to releasably lock the end portions together to retain a pair of electrical plugs and interconnected relation whereby a linear pull on the electrical cord of a connector will cause the connector to bear against that part of an end portion containing the opening in which the electrical cord is seated.