Patent ID: 8210868

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a power connector for connecting powered music effect pedals further comprising a two wire insulated power cord having first and second insulated electric power wires, the two wire insulated power cord having first and second ends, the first end having a first barrel connector connected to the first and second insulated electric power wires in the insulated cord, a first rubber grip at least partially covering the first barrel connector for a user to grasp when inserting the first barrel connector in or removing the connector from a power output socket in an electronic music device, the first barrel connector having a male metal barrel exterior connected to the first end of the first insulated wire and a hollow internal metal sleeve within the metal barrel and insulated from the metal barrel exterior, the metal sleeve connected to the first end of the second insulated electric power wire in the insulated power cord, the second end having a second barrel connector connected to the second ends of the first and second insulated electric power wires in the insulated cord, a second rubber grip second barrel connector for a user to grasp when inserting the second barrel connector in or removing the connector from a power input socket, the second barrel connector having a second male metal barrel exterior connected to the second end of the first insulated wire and a second hollow internal metal sleeve within the second metal barrel and insulated from the second metal barrel exterior connected to the second end of the second insulated electric power wire in the insulated power cord, the second end also having a cylindrical power output socket within the second rubber grip, the cylindrical power output socket having a large cylindrical internal metal sleeve connected to the second end of the first insulated wire and a metal pin concentric within and insulated from the large cylindrical internal metal sleeve, the metal pin being connected to the second end of the second insulated wire for receiving a male barrel exterior another connector in the metal sleeve.