Patent ID: 9379474
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A safety electrical outlet device for installing in a building structure having electrical supply wiring adapted for electrical coupling and adapted for receiving an electrical plug on an electrical cord, said device comprising: a housing configured for coupling to a structure; electrical contacts coupled to said housing, said electrical contacts being configured for electrical coupling to electrical supply wiring of the structure; a pair of slots extending through a front face of said housing, said electrical contacts being configured for providing electrical current to an electrical cord having an electrical plug inserted into said pair of slots; a pair of panels, each said panel being slidably coupled to said housing, each said panel sliding between an extended position wherein said panel obstructs one of said slots and a retracted position wherein said one of said slots is unobstructed by said panel, each said panel being biased into said extended position; each of said panels being positioned in an interior space of said housing; a pair of tabs, each said tab being coupled to an associated one of said panels, each said tab extending from said housing such that manipulation of said tab moves said panels into said retracted position; a slit extending through said front face of said housing; each of said tabs extending outwardly through said slit; a pair of extensions, each said extension being transversely extended from an associated one of said tabs and in between the associated one of said tabs and opposite with an associated one of said pair of panels, said extensions being adjacently positioned and extending across said slit wherein squeezing said tabs together slides said panels inward into said retracted position; and a pair of springs, each said spring having a first end coupled to said housing, each said spring having a second end coupled to an associated one of said panels wherein said spring urges said associated panel into said extended position.