Arthur F Foux

US Patent:

20030190844, Oct 9, 2003

Filed:

Apr 3, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/113503

Inventors:

Arthur Foux - Stone Mountain GA, US

International Classification:

H01R025/00

US Classification:

439/638000

Abstract:

A portable multibranch extension cord includes in one embodiment a female plug having a shroud, a plurality of surge protection components contained in the shroud, and a plurality of branches from the female plug terminated in a plug, with one of the plugs being configured for connection to a main power source. In another embodiment, the shroud has a substantially circular shape with a center and a perimeter, and the female plugs are disposed proximal to the center, and wherein the one branch which terminates in the male plug is longer than the other branches.