Patent ID: 6907678

Claim:
A portable electric appliance and wall mount therefor comprising: a portable electric appliance having an elongate handle, a housing on top of said handle that contains working parts of said appliance, said housing having a front and said handle having a front portion facing generally the same direction as the front of said housing, and a power switch mounted on said handle, said power switch including an operating member on said front portion of said handle which can be manually moved into a position to open said switch to deenergize the appliance; and a wall mount comprising a one-piece, molded plastic body having a front face and a rear face, said front face of said wall mount being recessed to provide a socket for receiving said housing, said front face having a switch-engaging surface portion facing outwardly from said front face toward said front portion of said handle and adapted to engage said switch operating member to open said switch as said appliance is assembled onto said wall mount in the event an attempt is made to assemble said appliance on said wall mount when said power switch is closed and said appliance is, therefore, energized, whereupon said appliance may be removed from said wall mount by one grasping said handle and pulling said appliance away from said wall mount and returned to said wall mount by pointing and moving the front of said appliance toward and into engagement with said wall mount with assurance that said switch will be closed if opened while said appliance is being returned to said wall mount.