Reorientable electrical receptacle
CA 2586652 C · Owner: Intelliglobe, Inc. · Inventors: Gerard, Kimberly
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A reorientable electrical expansion outlet (20) is disclosed. The outlet has a housing with a housing cavity and rotatable electrical female receptacles (73) seated within the cavities. A plug is provided for connection to another outlet for expanding the other outlet. Preferably each rotatable female , electrical receptacle includes a set of electrical conductors (205 210) , situated in electrical isolation from one another arranged one above the , other. In one embodiment the housing cavity has a set of annular conductive structures (12) formed one above the other to provide a set of electrically conductive pathways along which slideable contacts (206 211) rotatably track. , Another …
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- Filed April 14, 2005 and granted August 21, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 2025.
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