Patent ID: 8174147

Claim:
An electrical power supplying device for supplying electrical power to a group of electrical appliances located in an environment, wherein each said electrical appliance has an appliance power cord routed through an environment and into said electrical power supplying device and terminating with an appliance power plug, said electrical power supplying device comprising: a power supply cord for plugging into a standard power receptacle by way of a power supply plug, and supplying electrical power to said electrical power supplying device; a base housing portion having a bottom surface and a 3D interior volume; a power-ring subassembly supported within said base housing portion, having a central aperture defining boundaries of said 3D interior volume, and adapted for supporting a plurality of electrical receptacles and one or more electronic circuits, which are electrically connected to said power supply cord; a power-ring housing portion for covering said power-ring subassembly and having a set of plug apertures, aligned with said electrical receptacles, and allowing appliance power plugs associated with said electrical appliances to plug into said electrical receptacles; a power cord portal allowing a group of electrical power cords associated with said group of electrical appliances to enter/exit said 3D interior volume in a bundled manner; a cover housing portion adapted to cover the central aperture of said power-ring subassembly, and conceal appliance power plugs plugged into said electrical receptacles and appliance power cords associated with said electrical appliances extending from said power cord portal to said electrical power receptacles; a centrally-located structure supported on said bottom surface, having a hollow interior volume, and projecting through said central aperture; and an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) unit, having a battery component mounted within the hollow interior volume of said centrally-located structure, and being capable of supplying conditioned electrical power to said electrical appliances when power interruptions occur along said power supply cord plugged into said standard power receptacle.