Patent ID: 10784637

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a travel plug adapter, which will also be referred to herein as a travel adapter, for short. Using such an adapter it is possible to insert power plugs of a certain (domestic) standard into the outlets present at the travel destination. The present invention relates in particular to a travel plug adapter (10), which has a housing, a plug receptacle (16), and at least a first plug (38, 84) of a first standard and a second plug (28, 86) of a second standard, wherein each plug is assigned an actuation slider (22, 24), which is guided outwardly through a slide slot (42) of the housing and is designed to displace the plug between a standby position, in which the plug is disposed substantially inside the housing, and a usage position, in which the plug is usably disposed outside the housing, and wherein the first plug (38, 84) is assigned a first blocking element (106A), such that displacement of the first plug (38, 84) between the standby position and the usage position is blocked when the movement of the first blocking element (106A) is blocked, and wherein the second plug (28, 86) is assigned a second blocking element (106B), such that the displacement of the second plug (28, 86) between the standby position and the usage position is blocked when the movement of the second blocking element (106B) is blocked, characterised in that at least one blocking slide (100A) is also provided, which in a first position releases the path of the first blocking element (106A) and in a second position blocks the path of the first blocking element (106A), wherein the second blocking element (106B) acts on the position of the blocking slide (100A).