Patent ID: 8469734

Claim:
A retainer system for couplers at the terminal ends of a pair of electric cables, the system comprising in combination: a coupling pair including a fixed half and a pivoting half; said pivoting half adapted to pivot to releasably engage said fixed half; said coupling pair including a prong and a gap, said gap sized to receive said prong within said gap, said prong attached to a first one of said coupling pair and said gap attached to a second one of said coupling pair; one of said coupling pair attached to a first one of the pair of electric cables and one of said coupling pair attached to a second one of the pair of electric cables; wherein said fixed half of said coupling pair includes said gap and said pivoting half of said coupling pair includes said prong; wherein said gap includes a slit located behind a face of a female coupler of said pair of electric cables, said slit extending at least partially into a surface of said female coupler; and wherein said prong is located on an ear pivotably attached to a male coupler of said pair of electric cables, said male coupler adapted to be coupled to said female coupler with said prong engaging said gap, said ear defining part of a side wall surrounding a recess in which conductors of said male coupler are located.