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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian MacDonald, St. Luc, CA;
Assignee:
Thomas & Betts International, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H07G 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H07G 3/08 ;
Abstract
An electrical receptacle has at least one side wall defining a receptacle interior, wherein the side wall includes an edge defining a receptacle opening and further includes at least one raised protrusion formed thereon and an aperture formed therein as a result of forming the protrusion. The protrusion has a banking surface substantially parallel with the opening edge for positioning the receptacle and the protrusion substantially occludes access to the receptacle interior through the aperture of the side wall.