"HeyBub" wrote in message
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David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 1/5/2009 12:28 PM HeyBub spake thus:

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"Double ended male 'adapters" are illegal, dangerous, a fire hazard,
and possible immoral.' "

http://consumerist.com/5123592/ace-h...-male-adapters

Naive question: does anyone even make those evil things? (I mean
commercially, not homemade.)

Patent Applied For

"A double male electrical connector is provided to connect the female end of a
string of Christmas lights with the female end of an extension cord suitable
for plugging into a wall outlet. The inventive connector is particularly
useful when Christmas lights are wrapped from the wrong direction so that
after wrapping the lights the female end is loose. The connector includes a
conventional conductive cord with a first end and a second end. The first end
has a first male plug and the second end has a second male plug. Each male
plug has a first lead and a second lead for plugging into a two-prong
receptacle. In accordance with the invention there is no third grounding lead.
In an alternative embodiment the connector has a safety cap on at least one of
the male plugs for safety, i.e., when the connector is not in use. In the
preferred embodiment the apparatus includes a jacket receiving the connector
for axially slidable use so that both male plugs cannot both be simultaneously
exposed."

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...23&RS=10798123

Click on "Images" at the bottom to see the item

Does it inclode a Cap for the male plug at the other end?