Condensed Electrical Socket With Improved Protection for Hot Receiving Ports
AssigneeJohn P (Jack) Methner
InventorThomas G. Stephens
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Abstract
A device for imparting electrical energy to one or more male plugs, the device including female receiving ports for receiving the blades from one or more male plugs side by side such that the female receiving port capable of receiving a hot blade from the male plug is screened on both sides by female receiving ports capable of receiving a neutral blade from the male plug, and the device including female receiving ports for receiving the blades from an earth pin, the ports extending outwardly beyond the edge of the faceplate and to a portion of a grounded mounting bracket.
Claims12
An outlet for supplying electric power to one or more plugs, comprising:
- a grounding buss;
- said grounding buss comprising at least one mounting bracket;
- and
- at least one exterior ground pin receiving port;
- said at least one exterior ground pin receiving port comprising a ground pin contact;
- said ground pin contact formed on the mounting bracket.
A method of connecting a plug to an electric power outlet, comprising:
- inserting a plug having a ground pin into an outlet;
- said outlet comprising at least one exterior ground pin receiving port comprising a ground pin contact;
- and
- a grounding buss comprising at least one mounting bracket;
- and
- said inserting step comprising contacting said ground pin to said ground pin contact formed on the mounting bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.