Safety socket device
OwnerChih Chen Lininventor
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Abstract
A safety socket device includes a base having two conductor bars, and two female contact strips for receiving prongs of plugs. A conductor member and a conductor element are disposed between the conductor bars and each includes two switches located on the sides of the female contact strips, for selectively and electrically coupling to the conductor bars and the female contact strips together. The female contact strips may be electrically coupled to the conductor bars only when the four switches are actuated by the prongs of the plug simultaneously, to prevent the insertion of foreign objects into the safety socket device by infants and small children.
Claims10
A safety socket device comprising:
- a base including a first conductor bar and a second conductor bar disposed thereon and spaced away from each other,
- a first female contact strip and a second female contact strip supported on said base for receiving prongs of a plug, and each including a first side and a second side,
- a conductor member disposed between said first and said second conductor bars, and including a first switch and a second switch provided thereon and located on said second side of said first female contact strip and said first side of said second female contact strip respectively, for selectively and electrically coupling to said first conductor bar and said second female contact strip respectively, and
- a conductor element disposed between said first and said second conductor bars, and including a third switch and a fourth switch provided thereon and located on said first side of said first female contact strip and said second side of said second female contact strip respectively, for selectively and electrically coupling to said second conductor bar and said first female contact strip respectively, and
- said first and said second female contact strips being electrically coupled to said first and said second conductor bars respectively only when said first and said second and said third and said fourth switches are actuated by the prongs of the plug simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.