Patent ID: 6619975
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lockable electrical receptacle comprising:a housing having a top wall surface, a bottom wall surface, a front wall surface, a rear wall surface, a left side wall surface, a right side wall surface and a longitudinally extending X-axis; said housing being made of a plastic electrically non-conductive material; a chamber is formed in said housing; at least a first pair of laterally spaced electrical plug apertures are formed in said front wall surface; each of said first pair of electrical plug apertures having a metallic right blade prong terminal positioned behind a front wall surface in a housing; a metallic left blade prong terminals being electrically connected to an electrical wire of an electrical cord; first means for holding said left blade prong terminals in a substantially fixed position in said housing; each of said pairs of electrical plug apertures having a metallic left blade prong terminal positioned said front wall surface in said housing; said metallic right blade prong terminals being electrically connected to an electrical wire of an electrical cord; second means for holding said right blade prong terminal in a substantially fixed position in said housing; a horizontally oriented first shaft having a front end, a rear end, and a longitudinally extending Y-axis; said front end of said first shaft extends outwardly through a bore hole in one of said side wall surfaces of said housing and said shaft is rotatably supported in said bore hole; said Y-axis being vertically positioned a predetermined height spaced apart from said X-axis; said first shaft having first locking means for gripping at least one of the male blade prongs of a male electrical plug that may be inserted into said first pair of electrical plug apertures formed in said front wall surface of said housing; and first gripping means on said front end of said first shaft for aiding in rotating said first shaft between a locked position and an unlocked position.