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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Adam Day, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Phetsouvanh Kounlavong, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Daniel Juhyung Lee, Monticello, WI (US);
Dov Glucksman, Danvers, MA (US);
Gary P. McGonagle, Lynn, MA (US);
Joseph C. Spencer, Jr., Purvis, MS (US);
George T. Hardin, Jr., Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Laura Nickerson, Fitchburg, MA (US);
Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
Appliances comprising a base unit and a plug connector coupled to the base unit. The plug connector is configured to electrically couple the appliance to a first socket connector of an electrical receptacle. A channel is formed on or in a first sidewall of the base unit. The plug connector is disposed in the channel when in an engaged position. A defines a channel wall of the channel. The lever is configured to facilitate a transition of the plug connector between the engaged position and a disengaged position. The lever engages the plug connector when in the engaged position and does not engage the plug connector when in the disengaged position.