Safety shield assembly for electrical apparatus
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1. A device comprising:
- a housing;
electrical blades projecting from a surface of said housing; and
an insulative structure surrounding said electrical blades, said structure retracting as said electrical blades are inserted into an electrical outlet and extending to surround said electrical blades as said electrical blades are removed from the electrical outlet.
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Abstract
A safety shield assembly for an electrical apparatus comprises a bellows which is recessed into the planar surface of the apparatus which surrounds a pair of electrical blades, and which faces the planar face of a wall receptacle when the electrical apparatus is plugged into the receptacle. The safety shield assembly includes the bellows and a cavity into which the bellows is secured. In its uncompressed state, the bellows extends nearly the length of the electrical blades; in its compressed state, the bellows recedes fully into the cavity.
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1. A device comprising:
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a housing;
electrical blades projecting from a surface of said housing; and
an insulative structure surrounding said electrical blades, said structure retracting as said electrical blades are inserted into an electrical outlet and extending to surround said electrical blades as said electrical blades are removed from the electrical outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A safety shield assembly for an electrical apparatus which plugs directly into a wall receptacle, wherein the electrical apparatus has at least a pair of electrical blades for insertion into a pair of mating electrical sockets and wherein the electrical apparatus has a substantially planar face surrounding said electrical blades, from which said substantially planar face said electrical blades extend outwardly, said safety shield assembly comprising:
an electrically insulative structure which is compressible and expandable, wherein said structure retracts as the electrical blades are inserted into the electrical sockets and said structure extends to surround the electrical blades as the electrical blades are removed from the electrical sockets. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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