Patent ID: 8210853

Claim:
An electrical outlet comprising: a housing comprising electrical power source connections and at least two openings each configured for an electrical plug to engage an electrical plug receptacle disposed in the housing; a first rotation stop; at least two electrical plug receptacle disposed within the housing, at least one of the electrical plug receptacles having an axis of rotation with respect to the housing extending through one of the openings in the housing and comprising plug contacts engageable by an electrical plug through one or more openings in a surface oriented generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and a second rotation stop accessible from within the housing and rotatable with the plug receptacle, the second rotation stop configured to selectively contact the first rotation stop and limit rotation of the plug receptacle about the axis at a number of degrees; and an electrical path connecting the electrical power source connections to the plug contacts continuously within the limited rotation of the plug receptacle through the number of degrees.