Patent ID: 7431606

Claim:
A power cord connection and strain-relief device, comprising: a. a main flat serpentine-shaped body with three shaped openings that are sized to hold a standard 10-gauge through 18 gauge power cord, b. an attachment rope of predetermined length that actively functions as part of a overall strain relief mechanism, c. one end of said attachment rope being positively fixed to one end of said main body, d. the other end of said attachment rope having a looped means of attachment to a predetermined power cord, e. wherein the looped means of attachment affixes the device to said predetermined power cord and transmits the strain to and from this point of attachment to said fixed point of attachment at said main flat serpentine-shaped body, wherein said main flat serpentine-shaped body contains a set of two opposing friction ridges that are located around the central said half-round u-shaped middle opening, and on each face of the said main flat serpentine-shaped body.