Patent ID: 8376775
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. In combination with a battery jumper cable assembly having a pair of positive battery terminal clamps operatively connected by a first cable and a pair of negative battery terminal clamps operatively connected by a second cable, each of said positive and negative battery terminal clamps having a pair of elongated clamping elements and a spring joining said pair of clamping elements, each of said pair of clamping elements having each of a clamping jaw portion and a handle portion arranged so that said spring is disposed mediate thereof, said handle portion having a generally U-shaped cross-section in a plane generally transverse to a length thereof, at least one polarity indicating apparatus secured to at least one pair of negative and a positive battery terminal clamps, said at least one polarity indicating apparatus comprising: (a) a first wire having a first end thereof secured in electrical connection directly to a negative battery terminal clamp, said first wire is so secured to said first and second electrical cables along lengths thereof that a second end of said first wire is positioned within a positive battery terminal clamp; (b) a second wire having a first end thereof secured in electrical connection directly to a cable-less handle portion of said positive battery terminal clamp; and (c) a light source positioned within a free end of said cable-less handle portion of said positive battery terminal clamp, said light source secured in electrical connection directly to opposed ends of each of said first and second wires, said light source operable to emit light viewable by a user of said battery jumper cable assembly only when said positive battery terminal clamp is connected to a positive terminal of a battery and when said negative battery terminal clamp is connected to a negative terminal of a battery.