Patent ID: 7558034

Claim:
A circuit interrupting device comprising: a housing; a first set of terminals disposed at least partially within said housing and capable of being line terminals to receive electricity from a power input line, or being load terminals to feed electricity to a load; a second set of terminals disposed at least partially within said housing to feed electricity to a load when said first set of terminals is connected as line terminals, or of being line terminals when said first set of terminals is connected as load terminals; a set of electrical conductors disposed within said housing for electrically connecting the first set of terminals and the second set of terminals together; a circuit interrupter disposed within said housing and configured to cause electrical discontinuity in said set of electrical conductors between said first set of terminals and said second set of terminals wherein said circuit interrupter is disposed between said first set of terminals and said second set of terminals; switching latching circuit disposed within said housing coupled to identify which of said first and said second set of terminals is connected as line terminals and to selectively connect the said first set of terminals as line terminals to the circuit interrupting device and connect said second set of terminals to the circuit interrupting device as the load terminals when said power input line is coupled to said first set of terminals and to selectively connect said second set of terminals as line terminals to the circuit interrupting device and connect said first set of terminals to the circuit interrupting device as the load terminals when said power input line is coupled to said second set of terminals wherein said switching latching circuit comprises a first latching member having a coil and fixed and movable contacts where said coil is coupled across the first set of terminals and said contacts are latchable, and a second latching member having a coil and fixed and movable contacts where said coil is coupled across the second set of terminals and said contacts are latchable; and a reset circuit disposed at least partially within said housing and configured to establish electrical continuity between said first set of terminals and said second set of terminals.