Insulating cover for electrical connectors

Abstract

An insulated cover for electrical connectors which includes a transparent housing having a top section and a bottom section, a pair of opposing end walls and a plurality of flexible fingers extending inwardly from the periphery of an aperture in each end wall. The fingers have a plurality of transverse grooves which increase the flexibility of the fingers. The depth of the grooves increases towards their terminus to increase their flexibility.

1 . An insulated cover for electrical connectors comprising: 
 a housing having a pair of opposing end walls;    a first aperture in one of the opposing end walls and a second aperture in the other opposing end wall, wherein each aperture has a periphery;    a plurality of flexible fingers extending inwardly from the periphery of each aperture; and    a plurality of grooves on each of the fingers, wherein the grooves increase the flexibility of the fingers.    
   
   
       2 . The insulated cover according to  claim 1 , wherein each finger terminates at an end, and wherein one of the fingers extending from each aperture includes a plug at its end.  
   
   
       3 . The insulated cover according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing is transparent.  
   
   
       4 . The insulated cover according to  claim 1 , wherein the grooves increase in depth as they approach the ends of the fingers.  
   
   
       5 . The insulated cover according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises at least one side wall having an interior side and a label slot on the interior side of the side wall, and wherein the slot is configured to receive an identification label.  
   
   
       6 . The insulated cover according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises at least one side wall having an exterior side and at least one cable tie slot on the exterior side of the side wall, and wherein the cable tie slot is configured to receive a cable tie.  
   
   
       7 . The insulated cover according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing is formed from a material comprising a thermoplastic material, elastic synthetic polyamide material (Nylon), a polycarbonate, an acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene, a polyester terephthalate or a styrene-acrylonitrile.  
   
   
       8 . The insulated cover according to  claim 7 , wherein the thermoplastic material is a polyethylene, polypropylene or polybutylene.  
   
   
       9 . The insulated cover according to  claim 1 , wherein each finger has a base at the periphery of the aperture with a base thickness and terminates at an end with an end thickness, and wherein the end thickness is between 20-60% of the base thickness.  
   
   
       10 - 20 . (canceled)