Patent ID: 9614336
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A47B,H01R

Claim:
1. A desktop receptacle, comprising: a housing having a top surface with a receptacle opening formed therein; an electrical receptacle including a main portion including at least one electrical port and a pivoting portion connected to said main portion, said electrical receptacle being pivotally mounted within said housing adjacent to said receptacle opening, said electrical receptacle having a recessed position where said at least one electrical port is below said top surface of said housing and an exposed position where said at least one electrical port is at least partially exposed above said top surface, said main portion having a top which is one of parallel and coplanar with said top surface of said housing when in said recessed position and said pivoting portion having a bottom which is opposite said top of said main portion; a mounting assembly mounted to said housing, said pivoting portion of said electrical receptacle being pivotally mounted to said mounting assembly; and a gas spring connected to said bottom of said pivoting portion of said electrical receptacle so as to bias said electrical receptacle toward said exposed position.