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US3222631A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electrical socket

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-12-24
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Granted: 1965-12-07
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Expires: 1983-12-24
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Leonard A Cohen

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 18:49
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/44; H01R13/447; H01R13/453; H01R13/4534

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 246 words
AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET COMPRISING A BODY PORTION, SPACED ENTRANCE-WAYS IN SAID BODY PORTION FOR RECEIVING THE PRONGS OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG, ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE PRONGS OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG RECEIVED WITHIN SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS, A LATERALLY SLIDABLE SHUTTER DISPOSED ACROSS SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS FOR BLOCKING ACCESS TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS IN ONE POSITION THEREOF AND FOR EXPOSING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS IN ANOTHER POSITION THEREOF, SPRING MEANS FOR NORMALLY URGING SAID TUBULAR TO A POSITION ACROSS SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS BLOCKING ACCESS TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS, MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID SHUTTER IN SAID BLOCKING POSITION, SAID LOCKING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE NOTCH CUT IN SAID SHUTTER NORMALLY CONTIGUOUS WITH EACH SAID ENTRANCE-WAY, AND RESILIENT SPRINGS HOUSED WITHIN SAID BODY PORTION IN SEATED ENGAGEMENT WITHIN EACH SAID NOTCH FOR PREVENTING THE SLIDING OF SAID SHUTTER, EACH OF SAID RESILIENT SPRINGS INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL PORTION PROTRUDING INTO SAID ENTRANCE-WAY AND CAMMABLE BY THE PRONG OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG TO UNSEAT SAID RESILIENT SPRINGS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE NOTCHES TO THEREBY COMPLETELY UNLOCK SAID SHUTTER MEANS, AND CAM MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE FURTHER INSERTION OF THE PRONGS FOR SLIDING SAID SHUTTER TO A POSITION IN SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS EXPOSING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS, SAID CAM MEANS FOR SLIDING SAID SHUTTER IN RESPONSE TO INSERTION OF THE PRONGS OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG INTO SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS TO A POSITION EXPOSING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS INCLUDING A CAM PROJECTING FROM SAID SHUTTER INTO SAID ENTRANCEWAYS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 246 words
AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET COMPRISING A BODY PORTION, SPACED ENTRANCE-WAYS IN SAID BODY PORTION FOR RECEIVING THE PRONGS OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG, ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE PRONGS OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG RECEIVED WITHIN SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS, A LATERALLY SLIDABLE SHUTTER DISPOSED ACROSS SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS FOR BLOCKING ACCESS TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS IN ONE POSITION THEREOF AND FOR EXPOSING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS IN ANOTHER POSITION THEREOF, SPRING MEANS FOR NORMALLY URGING SAID TUBULAR TO A POSITION ACROSS SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS BLOCKING ACCESS TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS, MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID SHUTTER IN SAID BLOCKING POSITION, SAID LOCKING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE NOTCH CUT IN SAID SHUTTER NORMALLY CONTIGUOUS WITH EACH SAID ENTRANCE-WAY, AND RESILIENT SPRINGS HOUSED WITHIN SAID BODY PORTION IN SEATED ENGAGEMENT WITHIN EACH SAID NOTCH FOR PREVENTING THE SLIDING OF SAID SHUTTER, EACH OF SAID RESILIENT SPRINGS INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL PORTION PROTRUDING INTO SAID ENTRANCE-WAY AND CAMMABLE BY THE PRONG OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG TO UNSEAT SAID RESILIENT SPRINGS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE NOTCHES TO THEREBY COMPLETELY UNLOCK SAID SHUTTER MEANS, AND CAM MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE FURTHER INSERTION OF THE PRONGS FOR SLIDING SAID SHUTTER TO A POSITION IN SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS EXPOSING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS, SAID CAM MEANS FOR SLIDING SAID SHUTTER IN RESPONSE TO INSERTION OF THE PRONGS OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG INTO SAID ENTRANCE-WAYS TO A POSITION EXPOSING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS INCLUDING A CAM PROJECTING FROM SAID SHUTTER INTO SAID ENTRANCEWAYS.

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