Patent ID: 6984139

Claim:
A receptacle with protective cap comprising: a receptacle proper and a circular rotatable protective cap; Wherein said receptacle proper has flush plate and a round center cavity formed at its middle portion, two insertion holes of a power supply outlet are located near the two sides of said center cavity, and an axle seat is provided at its center and a guide slot is formed on said flush plate to encircle said axle seat, said guide slot has a first and a second terminals; said rotatable protective cap is divided into two symmetrical segments each of them has a breach facing against each other so as to form each of the two segments into a cover plate, an axle pin is mounted on said axle seat, a block formed on said cover plate is coaxial with said axle pin, said block has a first and a second terminals; by fitting said axle pin of said cap on said axle seat in said receptacle proper, said cap is able to rotate on said flush plate about said axle pin, said block slides in said guide slot until its first terminal mates with the first terminal of said guide slot but its second terminal has not yet reached the second terminal of said guide slot by leaving a certain distance so as to emerge the both holes of said power supply outlet out of the breaches of said cap thereby enabling to plug-in a load electrical appliance.