Illumination – With switch plate or socket
Patent
1987-03-06
1988-09-27
Lazarus, Ira S.
Illumination
With switch plate or socket
174 66, F21V 3300
Patent
active
047746416
ABSTRACT:
An electric contact means of an illuminating device embodied into electric oulet cover plates. The electric illuminating device is connected electrically to two thin electrical conducting bifurcated blades with spring properties. The open ends of the bifurcated blades are located behind a feed slot and neutral slot in the cover plate that correspond in location to the same slots in the electric outlet. When the cover plate is installed on an electric outlet the closed ends of the two bifurcated blades are automatically inserted into the corresponding feed and neutral slots of the electric outlet making electric contact for the device embodied in the cover plate. The two thin bifurcated blades permit adequate space for normal insertion of electric appliance plugs between the bifurcated blades. Where there is more than one outlet provision, the other outlet provisions are merely corresponding openings in the cover plate that permit appliance plugs to be inserted through the cover plate into the wall outlet. The novel and new bifurcated blade electrical contact design leaves all outlets still available for electric appliance plugs, supplies electric power to the illuminating device embodied in the cover plate with or without an appliance plug installed, and is as easy to install as a standard hardware cover plate using the same attachment means.
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Lazarus Ira S.
Neils Peggy
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