Patent ID: 9083125
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An adaptor for adapting a mains plug according to a first national standard to fit into a mains socket according to a second, different, national standard, the adaptor comprising: a housing with a socket for receiving a mains plug according to the first national standard; at least two plug assemblies according to different national standards, each having a deployable part in accordance with at least one pin component of the respective national standard, one of the at least two plug assemblies being according to the second national standard; an externally operable selection mechanism for selectively deploying, or for making externally deployable, a non-deployed deployable part of one of the at least two plug assemblies, the non-deployed deployable part, upon its deployment, becoming insertable into a mains socket in accordance with the respective national standard therefor and thereby making the said one of the at least two plug assemblies usable, and the selection mechanism also, simultaneously, at least partially concealing a deployed deployable part of a different one of the at least two plug assemblies to render that previously usable, different one of the at least two plug assemblies, now unusable; and a network of internal conductors for providing at least two respectively insulated paths of electrical continuity between the socket of the housing and a usable one of the at least two plug assemblies wherein at least one of the plug assemblies is in a fixed arrangement with respect to the housing during the operation of the selection mechanism, the fixed position of such a plug assembly being the position of that plug assembly, relative to the housing, when that assembly is in an operational, usable, condition.