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US4850886:
Power cord decoupler and method
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Berke, Joseph J.; West Bloomfield, MI 48033
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1989-07-25
/ 1988-02-01
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| Application Number: |
US1988000150690
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H01R 13/633;
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IPC-7:
H01R 13/629;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
439/152;
439/476.1;
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439/152;
439/476;
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| Field of Search: |
439/152,476,501,604-606
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| Priority Number: |
| 1988-02-01 |
US1988000150690 |
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| Abstract: |
A decoupler and method for decoupling a plug of a power cord from the electrical outlet. The device comprises at least one flanged means which is adaptable to be grasped by a user's fingers to exert a pulling force at a distance from the plug to decouple the plug from the outlet and means for retaining the decoupler to the power cord. The method comprises the steps of selectively positioning a flanged means on the wire of a power cord at a distance from the plug of the cord; fixing the flanged means to the power cord, grasping the flanged means with a user's fingers; and applying a pulling force to the flanged means with the user's fingers to decouple the plug from an electrical outlet.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Rhodes, Alex ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
McGlynn, Joseph H.;
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| Maintenance Status: |
CC Certificate of Correction issued
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. In combination with an electrical power cord having a plug operatively connected to one end of a wire for operatively connecting said wire to an electrical outlet, a decoupler for decoupling said plug from said outlet comprising at least one collar which is detached from said plug and fixed in embracing relationship to the wire at a distance from said plug, said collar being adapted to be grasped by a user's fingers to exert a pulling force at a distance from said plug; and a means for affixing said decoupler to the wire at a distance from said plug.
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