Patent ID: 8310092

Claim:
An outdoor electrical power receptacle, comprising: a main body ( 20 ), including: a vertically elongated outlet housing portion having a top end and a bottom end, including at least one controllable power outlet exposably disposed therein, a protective portion shieldingly coupled to the outlet housing portion covering at least the top end of the outlet housing portion; wherein the protective portion is substantially an inverted L-shaped structure having a width wider than that of the outlet housing portion, wherein the protective portion has at least one chamfered edge arranged along the width thereof; a mounting member ( 22 ) extending from the bottom end of the outlet housing portion; a power switching module, coupled to the controllable power outlet; a wireless transceiver, for receiving a control signal; a microprocessor, coupled to the wireless transceiver and the power switching module, for driving the power switching module to control the controllable power outlet to be in a conduction state or in a cutoff state in response to the control signal; and an extension power cord, coupled to the controllable power outlet and extending out of the main body, for connecting to an external power source.