An adjustable right angle electrical plug with an interchangeable plug assembly comprising
- a casing being hollow and comprising
- a base being an open box and having
- an open top;
- a front end;
- a rear end;
- an inside bottom surface;
- and
- a sidewall having
- a top edge;
- a cover corresponding to the base, mounted on the top edge of the sidewall of the base, closing the open top of the base and having
- a sidewall corresponding to and mounted flush on the sidewall of the base;
- an open bottom;
- a top having
- an inside surface;
- and
- an outside surface;
- a front end;
- a rear end;
- a plug recess being symmetrical, formed in the outside surface of the top near the front end of the cover and having a bottom and a sidewall;
- and
- two contact openings formed through the bottom of the plug recess diametrically opposite to each other, and each contact opening having two sides;
- a circuit mounted on the inside bottom surface of the base;
- two resilient contacts attached to the inside surface of the top of the cover and protruding respectively through the contact openings;
- and
- two wires connecting the circuit to the resilient contacts;
- an interchangeable plug assembly mounted in and protruding from the plug recess and having
- a body being symmetric and hollow, corresponding to the plug recess and having
- a closed top having
- an outer surface;
- and
- an inner surface;
- an open bottom;
- a sidewall having an outer surface;
- an inner cavity;
- a bottom edge;
- and
- multiple connectors formed on the outer surface of the sidewall of the body;
- two prongs mounted through the closed top of the body, and each prong having
- an outer end protruding from the outer surface of the closed top of the body parallel to the other prong;
- and
- an inner end protruding from the inner surface of the closed top of the body and extending into the inner cavity of the body;
- and
- a bottom cover attaching to, closing and corresponding to the open bottom of the body, abutting the bottom of the plug recess and having
- a base layer attached to the open bottom of the body and having
- a center;
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface;
- an outer edge;
- two contact recesses being curved and formed in the top surface of the base layer, and each contact recess having two ends;
- and
- four contact openings being formed through the base layer at 90° intervals and respectively at ends of the contact recesses;
- two curved contacts mounted respectively in the contact recesses, exposed through the contact openings, and each curved contact having
- a central connecting strip being curved and mounted respectively in the contact recesses in the base layer and each connecting strip having two ends;
- two contacts formed respectively on and extending longitudinally from the ends of the connecting strip, being offset down slightly from the connecting strip, being separated by 90° and mounted respectively in and exposed through adjacent contact openings in the base layer;
- and
- a connecting tab formed on and protruding perpendicularly up from one of the contacts;
- and
- a contact layer attached to the top surface of the base layer, holding the curved contacts respectively in the contact recesses and the contact openings of the base layer and having at least two through slots corresponding to and mounted respectively on the connecting tabs of the curved contacts;
- and
- two wires electrically connecting the curved contacts respectively to the prongs;
- and
- an electric cord electrically connecting the casing to an electrical device and having
- a proximal end connected electrically to the circuit in the base.