IP Library Granted Patent US 11,011,878
Granted Patent B1
US 11,011,878 · App. 16/851,105 · Granted May 18, 2021

Electrical receptacle with prong receptacles within a front plate thickness

Inventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin (Anthem, AZ)
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Patent No.
US 11,011,878
App. No.
16/851,105
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

An electrical receptacle including a body having a plurality of electrical connections, a device face connected to the body and movable with respect to the body, a plurality of electrical plug contacts positioned behind the device face, and wherein the electrical plug contacts retain an electrical plug prong at a first tension when the device face is in a first position and the electrical plug contacts retain the electrical plug prong at a second tension when the device face is in a second position.

Claims (26)

1. An electrical receptacle comprising:

a cylindrical body having a front plate with a thickness and a front surface, a rear end opposite the front surface, and at least two separate and distinct prong receptacles extending through the thickness of the front plate and configured to receive an electrical plug having at least two electrical prongs; and

an electrical cord extending away from the rear end, the electrical cord having an end configured to electrically couple with an electrical device;

wherein each of the at least two prong receptacles have a first width within the thickness of the front plate sized and shaped to receive the at least two electrical prongs of the electrical plug and a second width within the thickness of the front plate smaller than the first width, the second width closer to the front surface than the first width; and

wherein a removal force required to remove the electrical plug from the at least two prong receptacles is between 15 and 50 pounds.

2. The electrical receptacle of claim 1 , wherein the removal force is between 15 and 30 pounds.

3. The electrical receptacle of claim 1 , wherein the removal force is between 30 and 40 pounds.

4. An electrical receptacle comprising:

a body having a front plate with a thickness and a front surface, a rear end opposite the front surface, and at least two prong receptacles extending through the thickness of the front plate and configured to receive an electrical plug having at least two electrical prongs; and

an electrical cord extending away from the rear end;

wherein each of the at least two prong receptacles have a first width within the thickness of the front plate sized and shaped to receive the at least two electrical prongs of the electrical plug and a second width within the thickness of the front plate smaller than the first width, the second width closer to the front surface than the first width.

5. The electrical receptacle of claim 4 , wherein the body is cylindrical.

6. The electrical receptacle of claim 4 , wherein the electrical cord is configured to couple with an electrical device.

7. The electrical receptacle of claim 4 , wherein a removal force required to remove the electrical plug from the at least two prong receptacles is between 15 and 20 pounds.

8. The electrical receptacle of claim 4 , wherein a removal force required to remove the electrical plug from the at least two prong receptacles is between 20 and 30 pounds.

9. The electrical receptacle of claim 4 , wherein a removal force required to remove the electrical plug from the at least two prong receptacles is between 30 and 40 pounds.

10. An electrical receptacle comprising:

an electrical receptacle body for an electrical device having electrical wires extending therefrom, the electrical receptacle body having a front plate having a thickness, the front plate having a front surface and at least two separate and distinct prong receptacles extending through the thickness of the front plate, the at least two prong receptacles having a first width within the thickness of the front plate sized and shaped to receive at least two electrical prongs of an electrical plug and a second width within the thickness of the front plate smaller than the first width, the second width closer to the front surface than the first width.

11. The electrical receptacle of claim 10 , wherein the electrical receptacle is positioned on an extension cord.

12. The electrical receptacle of claim 10 , wherein the electrical receptacle is positioned on an electrical wall outlet.

13. The electrical receptacle of claim 10 , wherein the front plate and the body are both part of the same unitary piece.

14. The electrical receptacle of claim 10 , wherein a removal force required to remove the electrical plug from the at least two prong receptacles is less than 50 pounds.

15. The electrical receptacle of claim 14 , wherein the removal force is less than 15 pounds.

16. The electrical receptacle of claim 14 , wherein the removal force is between 15 and 30 pounds.

17. The electrical receptacle of claim 14 , wherein the removal force is between 30 and 40 pounds.

18. The electrical receptacle of claim 14 , wherein the removal force is between 40 and 50 pounds.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: BALDWIN, JEFFREY P.
To: TITAN3 TECHNOLOGY LLC
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Continuity (13)
Continuation In Part 16581096 · Sep 24, 2019
Continuation 15893663 · Feb 11, 2018
Continuation 15250919 · Aug 30, 2016
Continuation 14694377 · Apr 23, 2015
Provisional Application 61987400 · May 1, 2014
Provisional Application 61987403 · May 1, 2014
Provisional Application 61987409 · May 1, 2014
Provisional Application 61988256 · May 4, 2014
Provisional Application 61991590 · May 11, 2014
Provisional Application 62047022 · Sep 7, 2014
Provisional Application 62104832 · Jan 18, 2015
Provisional Application 61984042 · Apr 25, 2014
Provisional Application 61984261 · Apr 25, 2014
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