Patent ID: 7268518

Claim:
An outlet and battery charger combination device for providing an emergency supply of electricity and for charging a plurality of batteries, said device comprising: a housing; a switch being positioned in said housing and electrically coupled to a power supply; at least one electrical plug outlet being mounted in a front wall of said housing, said plug outlet being electrically coupled to said switch; a battery charger being mounted within said housing, said battery charger being electrically coupled to the power supply; a plurality of compartments being mounted in said housing and extending into said front wall, each of said compartments being electrically coupled to said battery charger, each of said compartments having a size and shape for selectively receiving a rechargeable battery, each of said compartments having electrical contacts therein for transferring an electrical current from said battery charger to the rechargeable battery; a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each of said rechargeable batteries being positioned in one of said compartments; an inverter being positioned within said housing and electrically coupled to each of said compartments, said inverter being electrically coupled to said switch; and wherein said switch may selectively open a circuit between said plug outlet and said power supply or said plug outlet and said inverter.