Abstract: A safety device for preventing accidental contact of a user's fingers with the live blades of an electrical plug during inserting or removal of the plug from a wall socket and a method for attaching the safety device to an electrical plug. The safety device includes a housing with a collapsible shield and a connector for connecting the housing to the front end of the electrical plug. The shield extends outwardly from the front end of the housing and surrounds the blades when the safety device is attached to the plug. The connector comprises a pair of opposing detents that extend outwardly away from the rear wall of the housing. The detents flex to allow the front end of the plug to pass between them but do not allow the front end of the plug to be withdrawn therethrough. The shield collapses toward the front end of the housing when the plug is inserted into a wall socket and re-expands to its original position when the plug is withdrawn from the wall socket.

Abstract: An electrical connector which includes a base member having a first channel for a dual conductor main power cord and a top member having a second channel for a dual conductor branched circuit power cord, the first channel comprising a space which is adapted to confine the dual conductors of said main power cord while maintaining a space between the conductors of said dual conductor main power cord and the second channel comprising means to hold said dual conductor branched circuit power cord at an angle to said first channel, said connector also including two electrically conductive bus bars fitted into retaining means in said top member, said bus bars having at each end a piercing element adapted to penetrate the electrical insulation of a power cord to provide an electrical connection between said main power cord and said branched circuit power cord; and a retainer means which is sized to engage a channel in said top member to force said branched power cord against said bus bars to establish and maintain el