Patent ID: 6780061
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An article for use with an electrical plug, said article comprising: a housing having a first end and an opposing second end, said first end having two holes formed therein and adapted for receiving prongs of an electrical plug, said second end having a cavity formed therein, and said housing further having channel means formed therein in communication with said two holes of said first end and said cavity of said second end; a pair of fuses carried in said channel means; a pair of wires received through said cavity and in electrical contact with said fuses; a pair of contacts carried in said channel means and in electrical connection with said fuses, said pair of contacts being proximate to said holes of said first section, whereby said pair of fuses, said pair of wires and said pair of contacts define a pair of electrical paths, each path of said pair of electrical paths including one wire of said pair of wires, one fuse of said pair of fuses, and one contact of said pair of contacts, said electrical paths being adapted to conduct electrical current from said pair of wires to said prongs of said electrical plug when said prongs are inserted into said holes and electrical current is being carried by said pair of wires, wherein said housing further comprises: a power section; a fuse section; and means for securing said power section to said fuse section, and said power section telescopes into said fuse section.