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US 2015/0087169 A1Published application
Self grounding electrical outlet
OwnerJohn Ernest Elwartinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure is directed to an electrical outlet whereby the neutral terminal and the ground terminal are mechanically and electrically connected. This device utilizes a common 3 prong outlet retrofitted to the present invention specifications.
Claims3
a self grounding electrical outlet comprising:
- a three prong electrical outlet providing a 120 volt supply having one electrically positive insertable terminal, one electrically neutral insertable terminal and one grounded insertable terminal, said neutral and grounded terminals mechanically connected to form a continuous circuit, said circuit to electrically permanently connect the neutral and ground terminals function as one function;
- a single pole electrically continuous relay bar connectably fastened to three prong electrical outlet neutral terminal and connectively fastened from neutral terminal to ground terminal for the purpose of establishing permanent electrical continuity between the neutral and ground terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.