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Plug safe

  • US 4,705,335 A
  • Filed: 01/31/1986
  • Issued: 11/10/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved plug safe of the type having a box-like body defining a plug-receiving compartment having an open face surrounded by perimetric side walls, closed opposite the open face by a base wall, and having a lid that is selectively closeable over said open face and is hingedly connected to said plug-receiving compartment at a first edge of the lid;

  • a front side wall defining therein a plurality of cord-receiving slots, each slot having an entry/exit opening at an edge of the open face, the lid at least partially closing the entry/exit opening of the slots when covering the open face, and having a locking means operable between said compartment and lid for selectively securing the lid in position covering the open face;

    the improvement comprising;

    a mounting means associated with said base wall for fastening the plug safe to an underlying surface with the base wall against the underlying surface;

    wherein said front side wall is angled acutely inwardly into said compartment from the base wall toward the open face and, in use, angularly urges cords received in said slots to move toward the slot base when the base wall is mounted horizontally or vertically such that the front side wall is carried in a side or bottom orientation;

    said lid is hingedly attached to a back side wall opposite from said front side wall such that the lid is closeable forwardly over the front wall;

    a substantially perpendicular depending lip at a second, opposite edge of the lid;

    a blade lock carried on the lid and having a blade that is pivotable toward the lip for locking the lid to said front wall of the plug-receiving compartment; and

    wherein the front wall defines a slot for receiving the blade, said slot being spaced by the angular disposition of the front wall inwardly from the lip by a substantial gap defining a blade receiving area.

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