Patent ID: 6227395
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrical receptacle assembly, comprising:an electrical receptacle having a housing wall that is formed with an opening;a stake having a top end formed with a slot that faces said opening in said housing wall; anda coupling device mounted movably on said top end of said stake for sliding along said slot, said coupling device including a pair of opposite engaging members engageable with said housing wall for interconnecting said stake and said receptacle, said engaging members respectively having first protrusions, each of which has a stem portion projecting from said slot toward said opening and a hooking end extending laterally from said stem portion and through said opening into said receptacle to engage releasably said housing wall at a periphery of said opening, said engaging members being slidable along said slot between a first position, in which said hooking ends of said first protrusions engage said housing wall, and a second position, in which said first protrusions move toward each other from said first position and said hooking ends disengage from said housing wall for passing through said opening, said coupling device further including an urging member that urges said engaging members to move from said second position to said first position.