Patent ID: 7086659

Claim:
In an over the highway tractor having an electrical socket for powering an electrical component of a trailer, a bar connected to a back side of a cab of the tractor, a spring connected to the bar, and an electrical trailer cable having a first connector that mates with said electrical socket and a second connector that mates with a socket on a trailer, said electrical trailer cable being supported by said spring, a system for routing the cable, comprising: a) a first releasable hook secured to the electrical trailer cable spaced apart from said first connector; b) a second releasable hook secured to the electrical trailer cable between said first releasable hook and said second connector; c) a first mounting point on a back side of a cab of said tractor, said first releasable hook being latchable onto said first ring mounting point; d) a second mounting point on an end portion of said spring said second releasable hook being latchable onto said second mounting point, said first and second hooks and said first and second mounting points route said electrical trailer cable from said socket to said first mounting point on said cab, to an end portion of said spring.