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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., Chesterfield, MO (US);
Michael Belgeri, Ellisville, MO (US);
James C. Keeven, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Frank Vlasaty, St. Louis, MO (US);
William Hiner, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., Chesterfield, MO (US);
Michael Belgeri, Ellisville, MO (US);
James C. Keeven, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Frank Vlasaty, St. Louis, MO (US);
William Hiner, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A twist-on wire connector having a finger friendly unbiased cushioned cover that covers not only the normal hand gripping region but at least part or all of the normal non-hand gripping region of the twist-on wire connector so that regardless of the way the twist-on wire connector is grasped the user fingers engage the cushioned cover to inhibit finger and hand injury and fatigue from repeated securement of twist-on wire connectors to electrical leads and a method of making a twist-on wire connector with a cushioned cover by placing a soft to the touch material on the exterior surface of the twist-on wire connector.