Patent ID: 8585444
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A power strip device comprising: a casing having a casing body and a plurality of retaining parts that are formed in said casing body and that are aligned in a first direction; and a plurality of socket modules disposed respectively in said retaining parts, each of said socket modules having a main body and a socket unit that is formed in said main body, said main body of at least one of said socket modules being movable between a first position and a second position in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, said socket unit of the at least one of said socket modules being aligned with said socket unit of each of the rest of said socket modules in the first direction when said main body of the at least one of said socket modules is at the first position, said socket unit of the at least one of said socket modules being misaligned with said socket unit of each of the rest of said socket modules in the first direction when said main body of the at least one of said socket modules is at the second position; wherein said main body of the at least one of said socket modules has a pair of first outer surfaces spaced apart from each other in the first direction; wherein a respective one of said retaining parts has a pair of inner surfaces facing respectively said first outer surfaces of the at least one of said socket modules when said main body of the at least one of said socket modules is at the first position; and wherein one of said pairs of said first outer surfaces of the at least one of said socket modules and said inner surfaces of the respective one of said retaining parts are formed respectively with a pair of guide ribs extending in the second direction, and the other one of said pairs of said first outer surfaces of said main body of the at least one of said socket modules and said inner surfaces of the respective one of said retaining parts are formed respectively with two guide grooves engaged respectively with said guide ribs so as to permit the movement of said main body of the at least one of said socket modules in the second direction.