Patent ID: 8159085

Claim:
A wall-mountable electrical power supplying device for mounting to a wall surface in proximity to a standard wall receptacle, and 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 the 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 said standard wall receptacle by way of a supply power plug, and supplying electrical power to said wall-mountable 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 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 allowing appliance power plugs associated with said electrical appliances to plug into said electrical receptacles mounted behind said plug apertures; a power cord portal allowing a group of appliance 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 (i) appliance power plugs plugged into said electrical receptacles, and (ii) said appliance power cords associated with said electrical appliances and passing through said power cord portal, and contained within said 3D interior volume; and a wall-mounting bracket, operably connectable to said base housing portion, for mounting said wall-mountable electrical power supplying device on said wall surface in proximity to said standard wall receptacle.