Patent ID: 7040932
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A collapsible plug, comprising: two flat members that are pivotally connected, so that the said flat members can be rotated between an open position in which outside edges of said flat members are spaced apart from each other, and a closed position in which said outside edges lie against each other; a first electrical contact on at least one of the outside edges of at least one of the flat members; a second electrical contact on an end of at least one of the flat members; a first wire electrically connected to the first electrical contact; and a second wire electrically connected to the second electrical contact; wherein said outside edges of said flat members are parallel, but said flat members each have one rounded end, with the rounded ends of the two flat members being adjacent; wherein said flat members are at right angles to each other in the open position; and wherein the flat members are configured so that they can be inserted into a motor vehicle cigarette lighter socket, with their outside edges and the first electrical contact touching the cylindrical inside surface of the socket, and their rounded ends and the second electrical contact touching the center of the flat inside surface of the socket.