Patent ID: 8525026

Claim:
An epidermal friendly twist-on wire connector comprising: a spiral coil; an open-end rigid shell secured to the spiral coil, said rigid shell having an outer surface, a closed end, and a deformable annular band, said deformable annular band proximate an open end of the open-end rigid shell; a resilient cover extending over the outer surface of said rigid shell with said resilient cover including a set of resilient ribs extending in a longitudinal direction along said cover with said set of resilient ribs circumferentially positioned around an exterior surface of the resilient cover to form a valley between a first rib of the set of resilient ribs and an adjacent rib of the set of resilient ribs whereby a radial distance from the valley to an apex of the adjacent resilient rib is such that a radial compressive force on the adjacent resilient rib enables a finger epidermis layer and a thumb epidermis layer to radially engage both the valley and the adjacent resilient rib to allow a user to apply a wire securement torque to the twist-on wire connector wherein the wire securement torque is insufficient to generate epidermal trauma as the user applies the wire securement torque thereto.