US 5,348,495 A · Electrical cord plug lock assembly

Abstract

An electrical cord plug lock assembly having a special electrical socket face plate with a pair of laterally spaced locking brackets extending outwardly from its front surface adjacent the opposite sides of the socket aperture. A base clamp member has a locking arm pivotally secured to its respective left and right ends. The front end of the locking arms have structure for detachably securing them to the respective locking brackets on the front of the electrical socket face plate. A top clamp member is detachably secured to the top surface of the base clamp member and it functions to grip an electrical cord there-between. The electrical plug lock assembly prevents accidental removal of the electrical plug from the electrical socket.

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Dependent claims

An electrical cord plug lock assembly comprising:

an elongated base clamp member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a left end and a right end;
a top clamp member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a left end and a right end;
means for detachably securing an electrical cord between the bottom surface of said top clamp member and the top surface of said base clamp member;
a pair of elongated locking arms each having a front end and a rear end;
means for pivotally securing the rear ends of said locking arms to the respective left and right ends of said base clamp member;
an electrical socket face plate having a front surface and at least one socket aperture;
and
means for detachably securing the front ends of said locking arms to the front surface of said electrical socket face plate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electrical cord plug lock assembly

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Electrical cord plug lock assembly

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