Patent ID: 7601007

Claim:
An emergency electrical coupling and stowing system for a trailer, said system comprising: a battery ( 28 ); a light ( 12 ); a female connector ( 19 ) having a first female socket terminal ( 25 ) electrically coupled in a first circuit to said battery and a second, independent, female socket terminal ( 17 ) independently electrically coupled in a second independent circuit to said light; a male connector ( 60 ), complementally formed to said female connector for detachably receiving by said female connector wherein said male connector includes first and second male terminals ( 61 ) detachably receivable, in mating electrical contact, by said first and second female socket terminals, respectively; a switch ( 75 ) for selectively completing and interrupting the electrical circuit between said first and second male terminals to thereby selectively complete an electrical circuit between said battery and said light when said female connector receives said male connector; and a means for stowing ( 40 ) said male connector on a trailer including an open-ended, expansible and contractible cylinder of electrically non-conductive material wherein said means for stowing is further adapted for stowing both said male connector and said female connector when said male terminals and said female socket terminals are engaged.