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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1978
Filed:
May. 09, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernest W Dietz, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacific Electricord Company, Gardena, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 40 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a safety electrical outlet such as a cube tap that is provided with sliding protective plates which overlie the prong-receiving slots of the outlet and are spring-biased to offset positions obstructing direct access to the receiving slots. The invention comprises an improvement over prior constructions in that a single resilient spring is employed to bias a pair of adjacent protective plates thereby greatly facilitating the assembly and reducing manufacturing costs. Additionally, the resilient spring is a spring of simple, bowed configuration which can be quickly and easily inserted in the supporting structure.