Electrical connectors – With supporting means for coupling part – Outlet box
Reexamination Certificate
2003-04-14
2004-11-09
Abrams, Neil (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
With supporting means for coupling part
Outlet box
C439S620180
Reexamination Certificate
active
06814611
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to shock-dampening electrical outlets and more particularly pertains to a new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly for protecting against power surges and interrupting ground fault circuits in the event of electrical problems including short circuits.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of shock-dampening electrical outlets is known in the prior art. More specifically, shock-dampening electrical outlets heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,103,125; U.S. Pat. No. 3,717,836; U.S. Pat. No. 6,049,143; U.S. Pat. No. 3,836,821; U.S. Pat. No. 3,922,586; U.S. Pat. No. 5,708,554; and U.S. Patent No. Des. 279,285.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly. The prior art includes fuse boxes and electrical outlets with breaker switches but none with fuse members.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly which has many of the advantages of the shock-dampening electrical outlets mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art shock-dampening electrical outlets, either alone or in any combination thereof. The present invention includes an electrical component support member being adapted to be mounted to a wall of a building structure; and also includes an electrical component assembly including a housing being securely fastened in the electrical component support member and having front and side walls and also having plug-in outlet slots being disposed in and through the front wall and also having fuse receiver slots being disposed in and through the front wall, and also including electrical circuitry being disposed in the housing; and further includes a plate member being fastened upon the front wall of the housing; and also includes adapter plugs each including a plug body having plug jacks being disposed therein, and also including plug prongs being attached to the plug body and being removably received in the plug-in outlet slots of the housing; and further includes a fuse member being removably received in the fuse receiver slots to form a complete circuit with the electrical circuitry; and also includes a face plate being fastened over the plate member and the fuse member. None of the prior art includes the combination of the elements of the present invention.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly which has many of the advantages of the shock-dampening electrical outlets mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art shock-dampening electrical outlets, either alone or in any combination thereof.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly for protecting against power surges and interrupting ground fault circuits in the event of electrical problems including short circuits.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly that is easy and convenient to set up and install.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new power surge protectorant electrical outlet assembly that protects electrical equipment and also provides safety to the users using the present invention.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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