Patent ID: 7626119
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus having electrical receptacles and structure that facilitates the attachment of the apparatus to an object, comprising: (a) a plurality of arm sections, at least one of the plurality of arm sections including a plurality of electrical receptacles that are positioned adjacent each other along an extent of the respective arm section to define a row or “strip” of electrical receptacles; (b) a coupling assembly configured to couple the arm sections together such that a first arm section is coupled to a second arm section for rotational movement about an axis relative to the second arm section, wherein the coupling assembly comprises a connecting portion of the first arm section that is received within the second arm section in abutting engagement with the second arm section such that the second arm section is retained to the first arm section, the abutment of the connecting portion with the second arm section serving to retain the first and second arm sections to one another for relative rotational movement about the rotational axis while precluding relative axial movement along the axis; and (c) a ratcheting assembly configured to define degrees of relative rotational movement about the axis between the first arm section and the second arm section.