Patent ID: 9257775
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H01R,H02J

Claim Text:
1. An electrical device comprising: a housing comprising a cover coupled to a base; guides extending from the base defining a passage; prongs for engaging an electrical outlet, the prongs being coupled to one another by a cross-member and being slidably received in the passage, the prongs and the cross-member being movable relative to the housing between a retracted position in which the prongs are received in the housing and an extended position in which the prongs protrude from the housing, the prongs being biased toward the extended position by a spring; a projection extending from a side of the cross-member; a carriage received in the housing and movable relative to the guides, the carriage being movable between a first position and a second position and being biased toward the first position by a carriage spring; a locking member pivotably coupled to the carriage, the locking member comprising a first locking surface for abutting the projection to lock the prongs in the extended position when the carriage is in the first position, a second locking surface for abutting the projection to lock the prongs in the retracted position when the carriage is in a position part way between the first position and the second position and a rib separating a first travel path and a second travel path, the first travel path and the second travel path extending between the first locking surface and the second locking surface, the locking member being pivotable away from the prongs when the projection slides along the first travel path and being biased toward a non-pivoted position by a locking member spring; and electrical components for electrically communicating with a portable electronic device; wherein the prongs are movable from the retracted position to the extended position along the first travel path and along the second travel path.