Tamper-resistant electrical wiring device system

Details Tamper-resistant electrical wiring device system Tamper-resistant electrical wiring device system

2008-02-13

2010-10-26

Patel, Dhiru R (Department: 2831)

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Boxes and housings

With electrical device

C174S058000, C174S066000, C439S145000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07820909

ABSTRACT:
A tamper-resistant electrical receptacle includes a cover defining a set of cover apertures; and a slider defining an aperture therein and being movable between a first position blocking the set of cover apertures and a second position not blocking the set of cover apertures, wherein when an object probes at least one and fewer than all of the set of cover apertures, the slider is constrained in the first position. When a set of prongs is inserted simultaneously through the set of cover apertures, the prongs contact a slider surface that is oriented substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the set of prongs such that the slider is urged from the first to the second position. When in the second position the slider aperture aligns with at least one of the set of cover apertures to enable the set of prongs to contact the receptacle contacts.

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