Patent ID: 7789686

Claim:
A method of providing power to an oversized electrical plug, said method comprising: providing an electrical receptacle, comprising: a first electrical conductor; a second electrical conductor; and a receptacle having a first aperture, a second aperture, and a third aperture, wherein the first aperture allows a first prong of a type A electrical plug in a first orientation to contact the first electrical conductor, wherein the second aperture allows a second prong of the electrical plug in the first orientation to contact the second electrical conductor, and wherein the third aperture allows the first prong of the electrical plug in a second orientation to contact the first electrical conductor when the second prong of the electrical plug in the second orientation is inserted into the second aperture; and inserting the prongs of an oversized electrical plug into two apertures, wherein said two apertures form a first socket, and wherein said oversized plug is large enough to at least, in some orientation, partially cover the first socket it is inserted into while simultaneously at least partially covering another socket on the electrical receptacle that is not made up of the first, second, or third apertures.