Patent ID: 8002587

Claim:
A ring-like electrical power supplying structure 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 ring-like electrical power supplying structure comprising: a substantially planar structure having a central aperture through which a 3D volume of space; extends for accommodating a plurality of appliance power plugs, appliance power cords and appliance power adapters having appliance power adapter plugs; a plurality of mounting elements provided on said substantially planar structures, for mounting a plurality of electrical receptacles, and at least one electronic circuit board having one or more electronic circuits formed thereon; electrical conductors provided on the surface of said substantially planar structure for interconnecting said electrical receptacles and electrical components mounted on said at least one electronic circuit board, and supplying electrical power to said electrical receptacles and said electrical components, during device operation; a power supply cord electrically connected to said electrical receptacles and said electrical components, and having an electrical power plug for plugging into a standard power receptacle, and supplying electrical power to said ring-like power supplying structure; a housing portion having a set of plug apertures, aligned with said electrical receptacles, and allowing (i) said appliance power plugs associated with said electrical appliances to plug into said electrical receptacles, and (ii) said appliance power cords and said appliance power adapters to occupy at least a portion of said 3D volume of space extending through said central aperture; and a power cord portal, formed in said housing portion, allowing a group of appliance power cords associated with said group of electrical appliances, to pass towards said electrical receptacles in a bundled manner.