Electricity: conductors and insulators – Overhead – Towers – poles or posts
Patent
1993-01-04
1994-08-30
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Overhead
Towers, poles or posts
439131, H02G 312
Patent
active
053429931
ABSTRACT:
An electric outlet apparatus for outdoor use includes a housing having a top portion and an opening in the top portion, a receptacle panel structure having a first face and including a receptacle circuit, a receptacle mounted in the first face of the receptacle panel structure, a mechanism for movably connecting the panel to the housing so that the panel can move between a position wherein the panel first face is directed essentially downward inside the housing and an open position wherein the panel extends out of the top opening, and a substantially air tight compartment defined below the first face of the receptacle panel structure for preventing any water collected within the housing from rising to meet the receptacle panel structure. The housing also preferably includes a trap door adjacent to the receptacle panel structure for keeping rain out when the trap door is closed and for receiving a plug and cord when the trap door is open. A method of opening the apparatus includes the steps of moving tile receptacle panel structure upward relative to the housing, and pivoting one end of the receptacle panel structure upward to provide access to the receptacle.
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Picard Leo P.
Tone David
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