Electricity: conductors and insulators – Covers or face plates – With closure for face plate opening
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-05
2001-10-09
Reichard, Dean A. (Department: 2831)
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Covers or face plates
With closure for face plate opening
C220S242000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06300570
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a portable multioutlet assembly, and in particular to a portable multioutlet assembly with turnable eave capable of preventing entry of rain water or wet foreign materials thereby ensuring electric security.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A portable multioutlet assembly attached with an extension cord is a welcome electrical power supply source owing to its conveniency. It is not only widely used indoor to compensate insufficiently equipped outlects in finished buildins where wiring installations are ready, but also applicable to supply power for outdoor lamps or appliances for tentative requirement. When being used outdoor, the portable multioutlet assembly is usually installed on the muddy ground, lawns, or along gravel pathways with a conical or bayonet shaped post inserted thereon so as to fix the portable multioutlet assembly on the ground. In this version, puddles on the ground will inevitably seep through the face plate of the outlets and sneak into inner part of the outlets thereby causing hazardous insulation breakdown.
Such a case is often experienced by people who use a conventional portable multioutlet assembly in the past time, and improvements should be done for the sake of assuring electric security.
In view of the foregoing situation, the inventor of the invention herein conducted intensive research based on many years of experience gained through professional engagement in the manufacturing of related products, with continuous experimentation and improvement culminating in the development of the present invention herein.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable multioutlet assembly with turnable eave wherein the face plate of the multioutlet is shaded by an eave, when the multioutlet assembly is set on the ground with a post, its face plate is parallel to the ground such that plugs which are inserted into the outlets can also be shaded by the eave thereby preventing entry of rain water into the multioutlet assembly to cause insulation breakdown.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable multioutlet assembly with turnable eave that the eave is tarnable upward by 180° thereby facilitating the operator to insert plugs into the outlets from 45° inclined angle that is ergonomically the most comfortable direction for working.
To achieve the above mentioned objects, the portable multioutlet assembly of the present invention has an eave engaged to the face plate of the multioutlet assembly with two set buttons set on respective eye holes provided at both sides of the eave so as to make the eave turnable in two semi-circular slots formed at both sides of the eave. Moreover, the movement of the eave is so arranged that it is turnable upward up to 180° until the button claws mate with stoppers installed in two slots of the eave. At this time the operator is able to insert plugs into the outlets from 45° inelined angle. Besides, the multioutlet assembly can be set on the ground by a bayonet shaped post with the face plate of the assembly parallel to the ground such that the inserted plugs can also be shaded by the eave thereby preventing entry of rain water into the multioutlet assembly.
The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more readily appreciated and understood from a cansideration of the following detailed description of preferred embodiment of the invention when taken together with the following accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: D. 395726 (1998-06-01), Pink et al.
patent: 4102466 (1978-07-01), Jadatz
patent: 5879184 (1999-03-01), Lopez
Bacon & Thomas PLLC
Nguyen Hung T
Reichard Dean A.
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