Patent ID: 7651348
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electric socket, comprising: a casing having two apertures; a shutter member, which has two bores; a base member, having a recess portion to receive a shutter member therein, wherein the recess portion allows the shutter member to be moved under the casing between a first horizontal position with respect to the base member, in which the shutter member closes the apertures of the casing, and a second horizontal position with respect to the base member, in which the bores of the shutter member are aligned with the apertures of the casing, wherein the recess portion also allows the base member to be moved together with the shutter member between a first vertical position with respect to the casing, in which the shutter member is proximal to the casing, and a second vertical position with respect to the casing, in which the shutter member is distal to the casing; means for driving the shutter member to the second horizontal position from the first horizontal position when the shutter member is moved from the first vertical position to the second vertical position; and means for returning the shutter member back to the first horizontal position from the second horizontal position when the shutter member is moved from the second vertical position to the first vertical position.