Patent ID: 7614892

Claim:
An electrical plug/socket adaptor for establishing an electrical connection between an electrical plug and an electrical socket, said adaptor comprising: a housing including a cover pivotable between a closed position and an open position, an adaptor pin presenting zone, and at least one electrical plug receiving zone configured to receive the electrical plug, the electrical plug being a plug selected from a plug group consisting of at least one of a Euro pin electrical plug, a British pin electrical plug, a North America pin electrical plug, and an Australia pin electrical plug; and a first pair of adaptor pins and a second pair of adaptor pins positioned at the adaptor pin presenting zone, the first pair of adaptor pins configured to be operatively plugged into a first electrical socket selected from a socket group consisting of a Euro pin electrical socket, a British pin electrical socket, a North America pin electrical socket, and an Australia pin electrical socket; and the second pair of adaptor pins being configured to be operatively plugged into a second electrical socket selected from the socket group, the second electrical socket being a different member of the socket group than the first electrical socket, wherein each of the first pair of adaptor pins and the second pair of adaptor pins is independently pivotable relative to the housing between a storing position and an active position, the respective pair of adaptor pins in the active position, as an active pair of adaptor pins, projecting from said housing to allow insertion into the respective electrical socket, each of the first pair of adaptor pins and the second pair of adaptor pins is independently pivotable, only when the cover is in the open position, such that when the respective pair of adaptor pins is in the storing position and the cover is in the closed position the respective pair of adaptor pins is protected on all sides from an outside of the housing by the housing.