Patent ID: 7896663

Claim:
A plug assembly comprising: an attachment plug that comprises a pair of blades projecting while facing each other and plugged in an outlet of a first specification, a plug main body having a storage channel for housing the pair of blades, and a blade support that supports one end of each of the pair of blades and is pivotably supported by the plug main body to rotate, along a plane including the pair of blades by approximately 90 degrees, between a stand state in which the pair of blades stand from the plug main body and a stored state in which the pair of blades are engaged in the storage channel; and a conversion plug that comprises a plurality of insert projections plugged in an outlet of a second specification different from the first specification and a pair of recesses into which the pair of blades in the stand state are inserted, the insert projections carrying electricity received from the outlet of the second specification to the pair of blades when the pair of blades are inserted into the pair of recesses and, wherein the conversion plug further comprises a pair of guide projections that hold therebetween the pair of blades in the stand state when the conversion plug is coupled to the attachment plug and guide the pair of blades into the pair of recesses, wherein the plug main body has, at positions respectively adjacent to the pair of blades in the stand state, a pair of storage recesses for housing the pair of guide projections, wherein the storage channel is also used as one of the pair of storage recesses.