Patent ID: 7057108

Claim:
A cord for use with first and second receptacles adjacent to each other, the first and second receptacles having respective first and second power conductors, each of the power conductors being electrically isolated from the other of the two power conductors, the cord comprising: a plug housing; a first set of prongs extending from the plug housing, being insertable into the first receptacle, and configured to receive a first low-voltage electrical signal through the first receptacle, the first set of prongs comprising: a first neutral prong and a first power prong; a second set of prongs extending from the plug housing, being insertable into the second receptacle, and configured to receive a second low-voltage electrical signal through the second receptacle, the second set of prongs comprising: a second neutral prong and a second power prong; a first secondary flexible conduit portion connected in circuit to the first neutral prong and to the first power prong; wherein the first receptacle is connected in circuit to the first flexible conduit portion and the first neutral prong, and is configured to deliver the first low-voltage electrical signal; a second secondary flexible conduit portion connected in circuit to the second neutral prong and to the second power prong, wherein the first and second power prongs are electrically isolated from each other; and wherein the second receptacle is connected in circuit to the second secondary flexible conduit portion and the second neutral prong, and is configured to deliver the second low-voltage electrical signal, wherein the cord further comprises a transitional housing interconnecting the plug housing with the first and second secondary flexible conduit portions, and wherein the first secondary flexible conduit portion is adjacent the second secondary flexible conduit portion.