Electrical outlet plug strip
View Patent ↗An electrical outlet plug strip comprising an elongated horizontally disposed housing having a horizontally disposed upper wall member, a vertically disposed inner wall member, a horizontally disposed bottom wall member, and an angularly disposed outer wall member which extends between the outer end of the upper wall member and the outer end of the bottom wall member. The outer wall member extends downwardly and inwardly from its upper end to its lower end and has a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart electrical outlets positioned in the angularly disposed outer wall member. The angularly disposed outer wall member may also have a low voltage receptacle provided therein which enables low voltage lights to be powered thereby.
1. An electrical outlet plug strip, comprising:
an elongated, horizontally disposed housing having a horizontally disposed upper wall member having inner and outer ends, a vertically disposed inner wall member, having upper and lower ends extending down from said inner end of said upper wall member, a horizontally disposed bottom wall member having inner and outer ends extending outwardly from said lower end of said inner wall member, and an angularly disposed outer wall member extending between said outer end of said upper wall member and said outer end of said bottom wall member;
said outer wall member extending downwardly and inwardly from its said upper end to said outer end of said bottom wall member so as to be disposed at an acute
angle with respect to said inner wall member and said upper wall member; and a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart electrical outlets positioned in said angularly disposed outer wall member so that said outlets are also disposed at an acute angle with respect to said inner wall member and said upper wall member.
2. The electrical outlet plug strip of claim 1 wherein said outer wall member is selectively removably positioned between said upper wall member and said bottom wall member.
3. The electrical outlet plug strip of claim 2 wherein said outer wall member is snap-fitted into position between said upper and lower wall members.
4. The electrical outlet plug strip of claim 2 wherein said lower end of said outer wall member is selectively pivotally secured to said bottom wall member and wherein said upper end of said outer wall member is snap-fitted to said outer end of said upper wall member.
5. The electrical outlet plug strip of claim 1 wherein said housing is hollow to accommodate the electrical wires for said outlets.
6. The electrical outlet plug strip of claim 1 wherein said upper wall member, said inner wall member and said bottom wall member are of one-piece construction.
7. The electrical outlet plug strip of claim 6 wherein said housing has open opposite ends and wherein end caps selectively close said open opposite ends.
8. The electrical outlet plug strip of claim 1 wherein said electrical outlets are 110–115 VAC and wherein low voltage electrical leads are also provided in said housing for connection to low voltage lights.
9. The electrical outlet plug strip of claim 8 wherein a low voltage receptacle is provided on said outer wall member, said low voltage receptacle being connected to the low voltage leads in said housing.
10. In combination:
a vertically disposed wall;
a cabinet secured to said vertically disposed wall and having a bottom wall which extends horizontally therefrom;
an electrical outlet plug strip positioned adjacent said vertically disposed wall below said bottom wall of said cabinet;
said electrical outlet plug strip comprising an elongated, horizontally disposed housing having a horizontally disposed upper wall member having inner and outer ends, a vertically disposed inner wall member, having upper and lower ends extending down from said inner end of said upper wall member, a horizontally disposed bottom wall member having inner and outer ends extending outwardly from said lower end of said inner wall member, and an angularly disposed outer wall member extending between said outer end of said upper wall member and said outer end of said bottom wall member; said outer wall member extending downwardly and inwardly from its said upper end to said outer end of said bottom wall member so as to be disposed at an acute angle with respect to said inner wall member and said upper wall member; and a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart electrical outlets positioned in said angularly disposed outer wall member so that said outlets are also disposed at an acute angle with respect to said inner wall member and said upper wall member;
said inner wall member of said housing being positioned adjacent said vertically disposed wall;
said upper wall member of said housing being positioned adjacent said bottom wall of said cabinet.
11. The combination of claim 10 wherein said outer wall member is selectively removably positioned between said upper wall member and said bottom wall member.
12. The combination of claim 11 wherein said outer wall member is snap-fitted into position between said upper and lower wall members.
13. The combination of claim 11 wherein said lower end of said outer wall member is selectively pivotally secured to said bottom wall member and wherein said upper end of said outer wall member is snap-fitted to said outer end of said upper wall member.
14. The combination of claim 10 wherein said housing is hollow to accommodate the electrical wires for said outlets.
15. The combination of claim 10 wherein said upper wall member, said inner wall member and said bottom wall member are of one-piece construction.
16. The combination of claim 15 wherein said housing has open opposite ends and wherein end caps selectively close said open opposite ends.
17. The combination of claim 10 wherein said electrical outlets are 110–115 VAC and wherein low voltage electrical leads are also provided in said housing for connection to low voltage lights.
18. The combination of claim 17 wherein a low voltage receptacle is provided on said outer wall member, said low voltage receptacle being connected to the low voltage leads in said housing.