Reorientable electrical receptacle
Assignee360 Electrical, L.L.C.
InventorKimberly R. Gerard
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Abstract
There is provided systems and methods for a reorientable electrical outlet. In one embodiment, a system includes a housing configured to be coupled to an electrical power source, the housing having a first rotation stop, and an electrical plug receptacle, mountable within the housing, the insert having a second rotation stop, the first and second rotation stops configured to cooperate with each other to limit rotation of the insert within the aperture at a number of degrees, wherein the plug receptacle is configured to receive an electrical plug.
Claims20
An electrical outlet comprising:
- a housing configured to be coupled to an electrical power source, the housing having a first rotation stop;
- and
- an electrical plug receptacle, mountable within the housing, the insert having a second rotation stop, the first and second rotation stops configured to cooperate with each other to limit rotation of the insert within the aperture at a number of degrees, wherein the plug receptacle is configured to receive an electrical plug.
A method of manufacturing a rotatable electrical outlet, the method comprising:
- placing a generally circular receptacle within generally circular aperture in an electrical housing, such that a first stopping mechanism on the receptacle cooperates with a second stopping mechanism in the aperture to limit rotation of the receptacle to a rotational range;
- connecting a first wire between the receptacle and the aperture;
- and
- connecting a second wire between the receptacle and the aperture.
A reorientable electrical outlet comprising:
- an electrical housing having an aperture;
- a circular electrical receptacle disposed within the aperture and configured to rotate within the aperture;
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- a wire coupled between the electrical housing and the circular electrical housing such that as the circular electrical receptacle rotates away from a vertical position, the wire becomes progressively tauter over a range of rotational degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.