Patent ID: 8026633

Claim:
A wall-mountable electrical power supplying device for mounting to a wall surface about a standard wall-mounted power receptacle, and supplying electrical power to a group of electrical appliances located in an environment, wherein each said electrical appliance has a power cord routed through an environment and into said electrical power supplying device and terminating with an appliance power plug, said electrical power supplying device comprising: a base housing portion having a bottom surface and a 3D interior volume; a power-ring subassembly supported within said base housing portion, having a central aperture defining the boundaries of 3D interior volume, and adapted for supporting a plurality of electrical receptacles and one or more electronic circuits; an electrical power supply plug, integrated with said base housing portion, and adapted for plugging into said standard wall-mounted power receptacle, and supplying electrical power to said power-ring subassembly; a power-ring housing portion for covering said power-ring subassembly and having a set of plug apertures allowing appliance power plugs associated with said electrical appliances to plug into said electrical receptacles mounted behind said plug apertures; a power cord portal allowing a group of electrical power cords associated with said group of electrical appliances to enter/exit said 3D interior volume in a bundled manner; a cover housing portion adapted to cover the central aperture of said power-ring subassembly, and conceal appliance power plugs plugged into said electrical receptacles, and appliance power cords associated with said electrical appliances and contained within said 3D interior volume; and a wall-mounting bracket, operably connectable to said base housing portion, for mounting said wall-mountable electrical power supplying device to said wall surface, about said standard wall-mounted power receptacle, when said electrical power supply plug is plugged into said standard wall-mounted power receptacle.