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US 2006/0234561 A1Published application
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OwnerHiroaki Tanakainventor
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Abstract
A power strip includes two or more spaced-apart sockets each having a set of terminal insertion holes for insertion of plug terminals of a power cable or the like and either at least one flexible joint that interconnects adjacent sockets or a flexible cover of substantially tubular shape that substantially covers and interconnects the sockets. The interconnection of the sockets by the flexible joints or the flexible cover. enables the spaces between adjacent sockets to be optimized for the types and numbers of plugs, AC adapters and the like to plugged into the sockets
Claims13
A power strip comprising:
- two or more spaced-apart socket sections each having a set of terminal insertion holes for insertion of plug terminals of a power cable or the like, and
- at least one flexible joint section that intersects adjacent socket sections.
A power strip comprising:
- two or more spaced-apart socket sections each having a set of terminal insertion holes for insertion of plug terminals of a power cable or the like, and
- a flexible cover section of substantially tubular shape that substantially covers and interconnects the socket sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.