Patent ID: 6250946
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An extension cord plus cover comprising:a two-piece, hard plastic, closeable securable, clamshell housing including two hollow half clamshell members hingedly connected and each provided with two cord passage openings positioned such that each said passage opening of one of said hollow half clamshell members are in alignment with one of said two cord passage openings of said other of said two hollow half clamshell members when said two hollow half clamshell members are pivoted and closeably secured into a closed configuration, each of said two hollow half clamshell members being filled with a resiliently, shape conformable closed cell foam having contoured plug/socket receiving cavities formed therein, said closed cell foam being sufficiently deformable to form a watertight seal around a plug end of one extension cord and a socket end of another extension cord to be positioned within said extension cord plug cover when said two hollow half clamshell members are pivoted and snap closed into said closed configuration; anda resilient foam plug member shaped to seat into and simultaneously seal two of the contoured plug/socket cavities when said two hollow half clamshell members are in said closed configuration.