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Automatic electrical plug release

  • US 4,045,106 A
  • Filed: 02/17/1976
  • Issued: 08/30/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic electric plug release comprising:

  • i. a hollow receptacle having a base portion with a substantially wide opening therethrough said base portion being seatable against the outer surface of an electrical wall socket and a top portion having at least two equally spaced lugs projecting inwardly from opposed portions on the inside wall thereof;

    ii. a mounting member within the receptacle, said member having rotative, and up-and-down movement between a locked position and an unlocked position;

    iii. an electrical plug mounted on the mounting member. and having its terminal prongs extendable through the opening in the base portion and an electrical cord connected of said prongs;

    iv. a compression spring mounted in the receptacle between said mounting member and said base portion;

    v. complemental ears on the mounting member engageable with said lugs when the mounting member is depressed and rotated in one direction whereby the mounting member and electrical plug are held in the locked position with the terminal prongs extending outwardly from the base; and

    vi. an electrical cord sleeve mounted on the top of the electric plug and enclosing said cord, said electrical cord sleeve being inclined relative to the axis of rotation of the mounting member whereby on pulling on said cord the mounting member is rotated and released from the locked position and actuated to the unlocked position thereby withdrawing the prongs from the socket.

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