Protection device with a sandwiched cantilever breaker mechanism

An electrical wiring device comprising

• a hot line conductor and a hot load conductor;
• a neutral line conductor and a neutral load conductor;
• a hot receptacle load conductor and a neutral receptacle load conductor;
• a circuit interrupter including a hot contact structure having a hot line contact coupled to the hot line conductor, a hot load contact coupled to the hot load conductor, and a hot receptacle contact coupled to the hot receptacle load conductor, the hot contact structure being closed when the hot line contact, the hot load contact and the hot receptacle contact are coupled and electrically continuous, the hot contact structure being open when the hot line contact, the hot load contact and the hot receptacle contact are completely decoupled and electrically discontinuous, the circuit interrupter also including a neutral contact structure having a neutral line contact coupled to the neutral line conductor, a neutral load contact coupled to the neutral load conductor, and a neutral receptacle contact coupled to the neutral receptacle load conductor, the neutral contact structure being closed when the neutral line contact, the neutral load contact and the neutral receptacle contact are coupled and electrically continuous, the neutral contact structure being open when the neutral line contact, the neutral load contact and the neutral receptacle contact are completely decoupled and electrically discontinuous, each of the hot contact structure and the neutral contact structure being opened in a tripped state in response to at least two (2) break forces, one break force being the force required to open a pair of contacts;
• a latch mechanism configured to apply one (1) make force to close each of the hot contact structure and the neutral contact structure to drive the circuit interrupter from the tripped state to the reset state, the one make force being applied to one of either the hot line contact, the hot load contact or the hot receptacle load contact such that the hot line contact, the hot load contact and the hot receptacle load contact are closed such that the hot contact structure is in the reset state, the one make force also being applied to one of either the neutral line contact, the neutral load contact or the neutral receptacle load contact such that the neutral line contact, the neutral load contact and the neutral receptacle load contact are closed such that the neutral contact structure is in the reset state;
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• a reset assembly coupled to the latch mechanism, the reset assembly engaging the latch mechanism to drive the circuit interrupter from the tripped state into the reset state.