US 12,136,781 B1
Protective cap for electrical plug
Matthew James Konopacki, Tavernier, FL (US); and Michael P. Hajec, Key Largo, FL (US)
Filed by Matthew James Konopacki, Tavernier, FL (US); and Michael P. Hajec, Key Largo, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,198.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/061,394, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Int. Cl. H01R 13/44 (2006.01); C08L 27/18 (2006.01); C08L 71/02 (2006.01); C08L 77/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/443 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/443 (2013.01) [C08L 27/18 (2013.01); C08L 71/02 (2013.01); C08L 77/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective cap comprising:
a housing having an exterior wall and an interior wall;
a plurality of grooves within the housing, the plurality of grooves being designed and configured to accept prongs of an electrical plug; and
a self-lubricating plastic sized to fit within the housing, the self-lubricating plastic extending from a bottom wall of the housing to some indeterminate distance just below a top wall of the housing, the self-lubricating plastic further extending the entire horizontal distance of the housing such that the self-lubricating plastic encases the plurality of grooves within the housing.