Patent ID: 7355119

Claim:
An electrical chord, comprising: electrical conductors bundled together and being electrically insulated to prevent shorting therebetween, said conductors terminating at first and second plug or socket ends of said chord; said chord having an outer body formed of a series of sections which extend from said first end to said second end and which sequentially follow one another along a length dimension of said chord, each section comprising a body material that is sufficiently rigid to prevent the body material from being bend by a child during normal use or play with the electrical chord and having a sufficient length to prevent formation of a loop anywhere along said length dimension of said chord capable of choking a child by the loop being placed around the child's neck, and wherein the electrical chord is comprised of an inner body made of flexible material and outer body sections each of which is comprised of a rigid material formed as an elongated tubular section that comprises a lengthwise slit which allows the section to be opened so as to be placed around a section of the inner body of the chord.