Patent ID: 8480416
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A device for establishing an electrical connection between an electrical plug and an electrical socket, the device comprising: a first body having opposing ends, the first body including a pair of female contacts at one end configured to receive male contacts of the electrical plug and a pair of male contacts at the other end configured to be insertably received in female contacts of the electrical socket, the female contacts of the first body fixedly coupled to the male contacts of the first body to enable completion of an electrical circuit when the device is in use; and a second body having opposing ends, the second body including a grounding contact at each of the opposing ends, the grounding contacts fixedly coupled together to provide grounding of the electrical circuit when the device is in use, and wherein the device is movable from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration in which the opposing ends of the first body and the opposing ends of the second body cooperate to provide a coupling interface for the electrical plug and the electrical socket, and wherein, when the device is in the stowed configuration, the first body and the second body are substantially aligned in a common plane.