Patent ID: 7009514

Claim:
A self-contained power disruption alert device, comprising: a housing with a plurality of male conductors extending outwardly therefrom, the male conductors sized and configured to enter an electrical wall outlet to be in electrical communication therewith wherein the housing has a forward surface with a height and width defining a surface area that is less than about 14 in 2 , wherein the housing is compactly configured with bounds thereof being substantially coextensive with a portion of an electrical socket cover plate to allow visual access to a ground fault interruption (GFI) reset on the electrical socket cover plate and wherein the device has a weight that is self-supported upon plug into an electrical socket in the electrical socket cover plate; an electronic circuit in the housing and configured to respond to a power disruption in the electrical wall outlet; a battery receiving space disposed on and/or in the housing and sized and configured to hold a battery to be in electrical communication with the electronic circuit to power the electronic circuit; and a speaker in communication with the electronic circuit, wherein, in operation, an audible alert is output by the speaker when power to the electrical wall outlet is disrupted, and wherein the device is self-contained, wherein the device is a single-use device that is disposable after a single power disruption.