Patent ID: 8133060

Claim:
An electric plug, comprising: a housing having: a top piece having an interior surface and an exterior surface and including a first opening; and a bottom piece having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the bottom piece in mechanical communication with the top piece and forming a cavity defined by the interior surface of the top piece and the interior surface of the bottom piece, the cavity including a second opening; a rotatable plug assembly having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite each other, a first portion of the rotatable plug assembly comprises the bottom surface and is located within the cavity, a second portion of the rotatable plug assembly protruding from the cavity via the first opening; a blade array including a plurality of plug blades, each plug blade of the plurality of plug blades having an outlet end and a connector end, the connector end of each plug blade located within the rotatable plug assembly, a portion of a remainder portion of each plug blade exiting the top surface of the rotatable plug assembly; and a power cord configured to pass through the second opening of the cavity, the power cord having a plurality of wires, each wire of the plurality of wires including an end, the end of each wire located within the rotatable plug assembly and configured to mechanically couple to and be in electrical communication with the connector end of an associated one of the plurality of plug blades; wherein the rotatable plug assembly is rotatable relative to the housing without disassembly of the electric plug.