Electrical safety receptacle

A new and improved electrical safety receptacle adapted to be plugged into a conventional wall socket comprising:

• a housing, said housing having at least one electrical receptacle contact assembly, and conductive blade means, one end of said conductive blade means being connected to said electrical contact assembly interiorly of said housing and the other end of said conductive blade means extending from said housing for being plugged into said conventional wall socket,
• circuit switch means associated with said housing being activatable between first and second positions, and
• wherein said conductive blade means has a circuit braking gap disposed therein within said interior of said housing, said circuit switch means adapted to make bridging contact across said gap thereby to establish an electrical circuit between said receptacle contact assembly and said extending end of said conductive blade means in said first position, and to avoid bridging contact across said gap in said second position,
• wherein said circuit switch means comprises a passage in said housing, slidable bar means disposed in said passage, and bridging contact means affixed to said bar means, said passage and said bar means extending orthogonally with respect to said conductive blade means such that movement of said bar means in said passage from said second position to said first position is adapted to cause said bridging contact means to engage said conductive blade means across said gap therein and whereas movement of said bar means in said passage from said first position to said second position is adapted to cause said bridging contact means to avoid engaging said conductive blade means in the vicinity of said gap therein, and
• wherein said conductive blade means comprises a pair of spaced parallel blade contacts and a ground conductor, and said bar means includes an oblong opening therein through which said ground conductor extends whereby said bar means is displaceable between said first and second switch positions without interfering with said ground conductor.