Reorientable electrical receptacle
Assignee360 Electrical, L.L.C.
InventorKimberly R. Gerard
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Abstract
There is provided systems and methods for a reorientable electrical outlet. In one embodiment, a system includes a housing configured to be coupled to an electrical power source, the housing having a first rotation stop, and an electrical plug receptacle, mountable within the housing, the insert having a second rotation stop, the first and second rotation stops configured to cooperate with each other to limit rotation of the insert within the aperture at a number of degrees, wherein the plug receptacle is configured to receive an electrical plug.
Claims20
An electrical outlet comprising:
- a housing comprising a female electrical socket having a first surface with passages to receive conductive prongs of a male electrical plug and an axis of rotation extending through the first surface;
- a faceplate comprising an opening adapted and configured receive the first surface of the socket and permit rotation of the first surface of the socket within the opening about the axis of rotation;
- a stop ring disposed in the housing and comprising a first stop and a second stop;
- a third stop aligned to contact the first stop at a first limit of rotation of the socket and to contact the second stop at a second limit of rotation of the socket, with rotation of the socket limited to a range between the first limit and the second limit;
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- electrical pathways connecting the socket to an external power source.
An electrical outlet comprising:
- a female electrical socket having a first surface with passages to receive conductive prongs of a male electrical plug and an axis of rotation extending through the first surface;
- a faceplate comprising an opening adapted and configured receive the first surface of the socket and permit rotation of the first surface of the socket within the opening about the axis of rotation;
- a stop ring disposed around the socket and comprising a first stop and a second stop;
- a third stop aligned to contact the first stop at a first limit of rotation of the socket and to contact the second stop at a second limit of rotation of the socket, with rotation of the socket limited to a range between the first limit and the second limit;
- a fourth stop aligned to contact the second stop at the first limit of rotation of the socket and to contact the first stop at the second limit of rotation of the socket;
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- flexible electrical conductors configured to maintain a power connection between the socket and an external power source.
An electrical outlet comprising:
- a female electrical socket having a first surface with passages to receive conductive prongs of a male electrical plug and an axis of rotation extending through the first surface;
- a faceplate comprising an opening adapted and configured receive the first surface of the socket and permit rotation of the first surface of the socket within the opening about the axis of rotation;
- a stop ring disposed below the faceplate around the socket and comprising a first stop, a second stop, and a gap extending between the first stop and the second stop;
- a third stop extending into the gap and oriented to contact the first stop at a first limit of rotation of the socket and to contact the second stop at a second limit of rotation of the socket, with rotation of the socket limited to a range between the first limit and the second limit;
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- flexible electrical conductors connecting the socket to an external power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.