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US 6,648,677 B1Granted
Wiring outlet with retractable extension cord mechanism
OwnerPeter A. Boydinventor
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Abstract
A wiring outlet assembly having a fixed wiring outlet and a moveable wiring outlet socket member adapted to seat within a cavity of the assembly and removably positionable from the cavity; the removable outlet socket member being electrically connected to an extension cord in electrical connection with the fixed wiring outlet and having a retraction system for retractably extending the wiring outlet socket member a desired distance so that a user may readily connect a connector plug of a device, such as a power plug or phone jack plug, without searching for an extension cord.
Claims1
A wiring outlet assembly comprising:
- a fixed wiring outlet;
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- a moveable wiring outlet socket member adapted to seat within a cavity of the fixed wiring outlet while being removably positionable from the cavity;
- the removable outlet socket member being electrically connected to an extension cord in electrical connection with the fixed wiring outlet and having a retraction system for retractably extending the wiring outlet socket member a desired distance so that a user may readily connect a connector plug of a device, such as a power plug or phone jack plug, without searching for an extension cord;
- the wiring outlet socket member being held within the cavity by the tension from the retraction system such that a user must first insert a plug in order to be able to pull the wiring outlet socket member out of the cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.