Patent ID: 8758034

Claim:
An electrical plug assembly comprising: a body comprising at least one actuator, the body further comprising a front having a plurality of electrical contact blades; a shield member comprising a back and a front, the back comprising an opening sized and shaped to receive the body therein permitting the shield member to slide over the body, and the front comprising a plurality of openings, wherein each opening is shaped, sized, and aligned with a corresponding one of the plurality of electrical contact blades of the body; a biasing member between the body and the back side of the shield member, biasing the shield member away from the body toward a first position, the shield member positionable between the first position and a second position through movement of the shield member over the body to operatively engage the at least one actuator, wherein the shield member presses against each of the at least one actuator which presses against at least one of the plurality of electrical contact blades when the shield member is in the second position and completes an electrical connection between the at least one of the plurality of electrical contact blades and an electrical cord, and the shield member releases the actuator and discontinues the electrical connection between the at least one of the plurality of electrical contact blades and the electrical cord when the shield member is in the first position.