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US 2011/0084651 A1Published application
Charging station
AssigneeAudiovox Corporation
InventorsHenry D. Caskey, David A. Benedetti
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Abstract
A charging station for charging an electrical device, such as a cellular phone, has a housing, an electrical power plug mounted on a rear portion of the housing which is receivable by a wall mounted electrical power receptacle, an electrical power outlet mounted on a lateral side of the housing, and a universal serial bus (USB) connector mounted on a front face of the housing. A cradle is formed in an upper portion of the housing for supporting an electrical device being charged by the charging station.
Claims13
A charging station for charging an electrical device, which comprises:
- a housing, the housing having a front portion, a rear portion joined to the front portion, and upper portion joined to the front and rear portions, a lower portion situated opposite the upper portion, and opposite lateral side walls joined to the front and rear portions;
- an electrical power plug mounted on the rear portion of the housing and having electrical contacts extending outwardly from the rear portion, the electrical contacts being receivable by electrical contacts of a wall mounted electrical power receptacle;
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- at least one of 1) at least one electrical power outlet mounted on the housing and electrically connected to the electrical power plug, and 2) at least one universal serial bus (USB) connector mounted on the housing;
- wherein the upper portion of the housing defines a cradle for supporting an electrical device at least partially therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.