Patent ID: 9265163
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H02G,H05K

Claim Text:
1. Electrical socket apparatus comprising an open-sided socket box of rounded or circular cross section for location within a similarly shaped opening set in a wall or other surface, the socket box including an open end having an integrally formed inwardly projecting annular lip formed with a plurality of fixing elements, an electrical switch socket connectable to the socket box and including a rectangular front face including sockets for receiving pins of an electric plug of an electrical appliance and a rear face from which protrude terminals for connection to mains wiring to be retained within the socket box, and a frame-shaped rectangular front plate whose length and height are greater than a length and height of the front face of the switch socket and which includes fixing elements directly connected to the fixing elements of the annular lip of the socket box, wherein the front plate, in use of the apparatus, is positioned between the switch socket and the wall or other surface into which the socket box is mounted with the boundaries of the open end of the socket box and the wall or other surface opening in which the socket box is located entirely covered by the front plate.