Patent ID: 6666712
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G06F,H01R

Abstract:
An improved portable, switchable electric outlet connectable to an electrical source by a power supply cord and having an outlet enclosure containing an electrical circuit connecting the electrical source in parallel circuit connection to at least one electrical receptacle, wherein the improvement comprises:a manually actuable switch which is remote from the outlet enclosure and connected to said outlet enclosure by a remote control cord other than the outlet's power supply cord, the switch being located in a remote switch enclosure that is separate from the outlet enclosure, the remote switch enclosure being removably attachable to the outlet enclosure by an attachment means other than the remote control cord, an outlet enclosure end of the remote control cord being connected, within said outlet enclosure, to said electrical circuit to alternatively cause the electrical circuit's connection of the power source to said receptacle to be completed or broken.