Patent ID: 7264497
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A power cord-retainer assembly for retaining a power cord that is plugged into a plug receptacle, the power cord having a plug end and a cord, the power cord-retainer assembly comprising: a bracket having a plurality of sidewalls that define an opening sized to frame the plug receptacle, a first one of the sidewalls having an opening therein and a second one of the sidewalls having a lock mechanism; means for coupling the bracket at the plug receptacle so that the first and second sidewalls of the bracket are on opposite sides of the plug receptacle; and a cable tie having first and second ends, the cable tie being coupled at the first end to an anchor point near the first sidewall of the bracket, the cable tie extending from the anchor point through the opening in the first sidewall of the bracket and, after looping around the cord of the power cord that is plugged into the plug receptacle, coupling at the second end to the lock mechanism of the second sidewall of the bracket.