Pop-up power system
A pop-up power system with a hollow tower to support an electrical receptacle. The lid includes a lid locking mechanism, and the tower being rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A mounting sleeve receives the tower body through it and includes a locking mechanism alignable with the lid locking mechanism. A liner is positioned between the tower body and the mounting sleeve, the liner comprising a groove for the guide pin in an interior surface of the liner which surrounds and slideably engages the body and is rotatably connected to the mounting sleeve. A biasing element biases the lid of the tower away from the liner and is configured to slide between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to a mounting surface so that it has an extended locked position and an extended unlocked position, a retracted locked position and a retracted unlocked position.
1. A pop-up power system, comprising:
a tower having a body, an electrical receptacle mounted to an interior surface of the body, and a lid releasably coupled to and covering the body, the lid extending radially out beyond the body, the electrical receptacle comprising a face with electrical outlet openings therein that are accessible through an opening in the body of the tower, the lid comprising a lid locking mechanism located on a perimeter of the lid; and
a mounting sleeve disposed in a mounting surface, the mounting sleeve comprising an aperture sized and shaped to receive the body of the tower, a gasket surrounding the body and positioned between the mounting sleeve and the lid, and a mounting sleeve locking mechanism located on a surface of the mounting sleeve alignable with the lid locking mechanism;
wherein the tower is configured to be slidable within the aperture of the mounting sleeve between an extended position wherein the electrical receptacle is positioned above the mounting surface and a retracted position wherein the electrical receptacle is positioned below the mounting surface, the extended position comprising an extended locked position in which the tower is fixed in relation to the mounting sleeve, and an extended unlocked position in which the tower is slidable in relation to the mounting sleeve, and the retracted position comprising a retracted locked position in which the lid locking mechanism is fully retracted and engages the mounting sleeve locking mechanism and a retracted unlocked position in which the lid locking mechanism is fully retracted and is disengaged from the mounting sleeve locking mechanism.
2. The pop-up power system of claim 1 , further comprising a liner between the tower body and the mounting sleeve, the tower further comprising at least one guide pin extending outward from the body, the liner comprising a corresponding groove for each of the at least one guide pins of the tower, each groove extending into an interior surface of the liner and mated with a different guide pin of the at least one guide pin, the liner surrounding and slidably coupled to the body and rotatably coupled to the mounting sleeve.
3. The pop-up power system of claim 2 , each corresponding groove having a first segment and a second segment, wherein when the tower is in the extended locked position, each of the at least one guide pin is in the second segment of the corresponding groove and when the tower is in the extended unlocked position, each of the at least one guide pin is in the first segment of the corresponding groove.
4. The pop-up power system of claim 1 , further comprising a biasing element coupled to the tower, the biasing element configured to bias the tower toward the extended position.
5. A pop-up power system, comprising:
a tower having a body and an electrical receptacle mounted to an interior surface of the body, the electrical receptacle comprising electrical outlet openings accessible through an opening in the body of the tower; and
a mounting sleeve disposed in a mounting surface, the mounting sleeve comprising an aperture sized and shaped to receive the body of the tower;
wherein the tower is configured to be slidable within the aperture of the mounting sleeve between an extended position wherein the electrical receptacle is positioned above the mounting surface and a retracted position wherein the electrical receptacle is positioned below the mounting surface, the extended position comprising an extended locked position in which the tower is fully extended and is fixed in relation to the mounting sleeve, and an extended unlocked position in which the tower is fully extended and is slidable in relation to the mounting sleeve.
6. The pop-up power system of claim 5 , the retracted position comprising a retracted locked position in which the tower is fixed in relation to the mounting sleeve and a retracted unlocked position in which the tower is slidable in relation to the mounting sleeve.
7. The pop-up power system of claim 5 , the tower further having a lid coupled to and covering the body, the lid comprising a lid locking mechanism located on a perimeter of the lid, and the mounting sleeve further comprising a mounting sleeve locking mechanism located on a surface of the mounting sleeve alignable with the lid locking mechanism.
8. The pop-up power system of claim 7 , the retracted position comprising a retracted locked position in which the lid locking mechanism engages the mounting sleeve locking mechanism and a retracted unlocked position in which the lid locking mechanism is disengaged from the mounting sleeve locking mechanism.
9. The pop-up power system of claim 5 , the tower further having a lid coupled to and covering the body, the lid extending radially out beyond the body.
10. The pop-up power system of claim 5 , the mounting sleeve further comprising a gasket surrounding the body and positioned to limit the introduction of liquid into the electrical receptacle.
11. The pop-up power system of claim 5 , further comprising a liner between the tower body and the mounting sleeve, the tower further comprising at least one guide pin extending outward from the body, the liner comprising a corresponding groove for each of the at least one guide pin of the tower, each groove extending into an interior surface of the liner and mated with a different guide pin of the at least one guide pin, the liner surrounding and slidably coupled to the body and rotatably coupled to the mounting sleeve.
12. The pop-up power system of claim 11 , each corresponding groove having a first segment and a second segment, wherein when the tower is in the extended locked position, each of the at least one guide pin is in the second segment of the corresponding groove and when the tower is in the extended unlocked position, each of the at least one guide pin is in the first segment of the corresponding groove.
13. The pop-up power system of claim 5 , further comprising a biasing element coupled to the tower, the biasing element configured to bias the tower toward the extended position.
14. A pop-up power system, comprising:
a tower having a body and an electrical receptacle mounted to an interior surface of the body, the electrical receptacle comprising electrical outlet openings accessible through an opening in the body of the tower; and
a mounting sleeve disposed in a mounting surface, the mounting sleeve comprising an aperture sized and shaped to receive the body of the tower;
wherein the tower is configured to be slidable within the aperture of the mounting sleeve between an extended position wherein the electrical receptacle is positioned above the mounting surface and a retracted position wherein the electrical receptacle is positioned below the mounting surface, the extended position comprising an extended locked position in which the tower is fixed in relation to the mounting sleeve and an extended unlocked position in which the tower is slidable in relation to the mounting sleeve, wherein the tower is rotatable with respect to the mounting sleeve to move between the extended locked position and the extended unlocked position.
15. The pop-up power system of claim 14 , the tower further having a lid coupled to and covering the body, the lid extending radially out beyond the body.
16. The pop-up power system of claim 14 , further comprising a liner between the tower body and the mounting sleeve, the tower further comprising at least one guide pin extending outward from the body, the liner comprising a corresponding groove for each of the at least one guide pin of the tower, each groove extending into an interior surface of the liner and mated with a different guide pin of the at least one guide pin, the liner surrounding and slidably coupled to the body and rotatably coupled to the mounting sleeve.
17. The pop-up power system of claim 14 , further comprising a biasing element coupled to the tower, the biasing element configured to bias the tower toward the extended position.
18. The pop-up power system of claim 14 , the retracted position comprising a retracted locked position in which the tower is fixed in relation to the mounting sleeve and a retracted unlocked position in which the tower is slidable in relation to the mounting sleeve.
19. The pop-up power system of claim 18 , the tower further having a lid coupled to and covering the body, the lid comprising a lid locking mechanism located on a perimeter of the lid, and the mounting sleeve further comprising a mounting sleeve locking mechanism located on a surface of the mounting sleeve alignable with the lid locking mechanism.
20. The pop-up power system of claim 19 , wherein when the tower is in the retracted locked position, the lid locking mechanism engages the mounting sleeve locking mechanism, and when the tower is in the retracted unlocked position, the lid locking mechanism is disengaged from the mounting sleeve locking mechanism.