Patent ID: 8025527

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a power outlet having a front face and a spaced-apart back face, and spaced-apart first and second side faces, wherein the outlet includes: a plurality of electrical-power receptacles fixed in orientation to one another and facing the front face of the outlet, the plurality of electrical-power receptacles including a first receptacle and a second receptacle, the first receptacle having a hot socket, a neutral socket and a ground socket and the second receptacle having a hot socket, a neutral socket and a ground socket, the first receptacle and the second receptacle each configured to receive a three-prong plug having a hot prong, a neutral prong, and a ground prong; a first (hot) conductive buss that electrically connects the hot socket of the first receptacle to the hot socket of the second receptacle, and at least a first hot screw and a second hot screw both located on the first side face and each providing a clamp mechanism configured to clamp a hot wire of an in-wall electrical wiring circuit to the first conductive buss; a second (neutral) conductive buss that electrically connects the neutral socket of the first receptacle to the neutral socket of the second receptacle, and at least a first neutral screw and a second neutral screw both located on the second side face and each providing a clamp mechanism configured to clamp a neutral wire of the in-wall electrical wiring circuit to the second conductive buss; a third (ground) conductive buss that electrically connects the ground socket of the first receptacle to the ground socket of the second receptacle, and at least a ground screw that is not located on the first side face, the ground screw providing a clamp mechanism configured to clamp a ground wire of the in-wall electrical wiring circuit to the third conductive buss, wherein the ground socket of the second receptacle is positioned along a centerline of the outlet, wherein the ground socket of the first receptacle is positioned along the centerline of the outlet and is spaced further from the ground socket of the second receptacle than the hot socket of the first receptacle is spaced from the hot socket of the second receptacle and than the neutral socket of the first receptacle is spaced from the neutral socket of the second receptacle, and wherein the outlet is configured to mount in a wall electrical box and to have the hot wire, the neutral wire, and the ground wire of the in-wall wiring circuit connected to the outlet.