Patent ID: 7070432
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A safety socket device comprising: a base including a first conductor bar and a second conductor bar disposed thereon and spaced away from each other, a first female contact strip and a second female contact strip supported on said base for receiving prongs of a plug, and each including a first side and a second side, a conductor member disposed between said first and said second conductor bars, and including a first switch and a second switch provided thereon and located on said second side of said first female contact strip and said first side of said second female contact strip respectively, for selectively and electrically coupling to said first conductor bar and said second female contact strip respectively, and a conductor element disposed between said first and said second conductor bars, and including a third switch and a fourth switch provided thereon and located on said first side of said first female contact strip and said second side of said second female contact strip respectively, for selectively and electrically coupling to said second conductor bar and said first female contact strip respectively, and said first and said second female contact strips being electrically coupled to said first and said second conductor bars respectively only when said first and said second and said third and said fourth switches are actuated by the prongs of the plug simultaneously.