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US 4,066,313 AGranted
Safety guard for electrical plugs
OwnerTronje von dem Hageninventor
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Abstract
A safety guard for electrical plugs or multiple plug adaptors including a hollow support element adapted to be affixed to the face plate of an electrical receptacle outlet, a substantially "L" shaped support bracket adapted to slideably cooperate with the support element and engage a cord of a plug inserted in the receptacle outlet, means for removably securing the cord to the support bracket, and means for adjustably securing the support bracket within the hollow support element.
Claims7
A safety guard for electrical plugs and multiple plug adaptors inserted in receptacles, comprising:
- a. a support element adapted to be affixed by affixing means to the face plate of a receptacle outlet, said support element being substantially transverse to said receptacle face plate and having a substantially longitudinal opening in an edge thereof further most from said face plate;
- b. a substantially "L" shaped support bracket adapted to slideably cooperate on a first portion thereof with said support element through said longitudinal opening, a second portion of said "L" shaped support bracket defining a slot therein and adapted to engage within the slot a cord affixed to a plug inserted in said receptacle outlet, said "L" shaped support bracked retaining said plug within said receptacle;
- c. means for removably securing said cord within said slot;
- said removable securing means comprising a spring urged member affixed to said second portion and adapted to close the open end of said slot and secure the cord, and
- d. means for adjustably securing said support bracket to said support element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.