Patent ID: 9531108
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A tamper resistant receptacle comprising: an electrical receptacle having a faceplate hot and neutral openings and an interior comprising hot and neutral electrical contacts; a spacer-shutter assembly disposed beneath said faceplate and comprising a spacer and a right shutter and a left shutter, said spacer comprising a generally planar surface having a hot blade opening and a neutral blade opening corresponding to said hot and neutral openings of said faceplate, the spacer including a rocker having a spring seat opening and a pair of lateral rod receiving grooves on a hot blade side of the spacer and a rear flange extending a height about equal to a height of the rocker on a neutral blade side of the spacer, said rear flange including a pair of second lateral rod receiving groves; a pair of pivot pins extending from the lateral sides of the spacer near a mid-point of the spacer, the left shutter and the right shutter adapted to be received by accepting respective mounting rods in the corresponding rod receiving grooves of said spacer, each of said shutters including a hot flange and a neutral flange that serve to block access to electrical connectors of the devices as well as receive the hot and neutral tines of an electrical plug; whereby simultaneous insertion of hot and neutral tines of an electrical plug actuate said spacer-shutter assembly to allow said tines to access said electrical contacts.