Patent ID: 7371122
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A modular socket kit for an electrical outlet, comprising at least first and second modules, wherein each module comprises a housing including at least three major surfaces, wherein each major surface is at an angle to each neighboring major surface, wherein the first module comprises a) a male electrical plug extending from a first major surface; and b) two female electrical sockets, the sockets positioned on second and third major surfaces and electrically connected through the first module to the male plug; and wherein the second module comprises c) a male electrical plug extending from a first major surface and being adapted to be received in any female socket of the first module without blocking access to the other female socket, wherein the first major surface of the second module and any of the major surfaces with the female socket of the first module have substantially coextensive perimeters and make general intimate contact with each other; and d) two female electrical sockets, the sockets positioned on second and third major surfaces and electrically connected through the second module to the male plug.