Patent ID: 7119279

Claim:
A protective sleeve assembly for cords, the sleeve assembly comprising: a longitudinal flexible sleeve having a pair of distal ends and a lengthwise seam, the longitudinal sleeve having an internal region sized to receive a plurality of cords disposed therein; and at least a pair of lengthwise fasteners affixed along the seam for providing access to the sleeve internal region, each lengthwise fastener having an end oriented coterminously adjacent to an end of the other lengthwise fastener; wherein the sleeve may be selectively separated into a pair of sleeves at a region of the sleeve generally aligned with coterminous ends of a pair of the lengthwise fasteners to provide a desired protective sleeve length; and wherein the sleeve includes a frangible region aligned with the coterminous ends of the pair of the lengthwise fasteners, permitting the sleeve to be separated by a tearing operation.