Patent ID: 7400477

Claim:
A method for distributing a circuit interrupting device having a circuit interrupter, and a reset assembly in a housing comprising the steps of: setting said circuit interrupting device to a tripped state, said circuit interrupting device having, within the housing, a first electrical conductor capable of being electrically connected to a source of electricity; a second electrical conductor capable of conducting electrical current to a load when electrically connected to said first electrical conductor; a third electrical conductor capable of being electrically connected to user accessible plugs and/or receptacles where the first, second and third electrical conductors are electrically isolated from each other; at least one movable bridge electrically connected to the first electrical conductor, said at least one movable bridge capable of electrically connecting the first, second and third electrical conductors to each other; said circuit interrupter comprises a sensing circuit and a coil and plunger assembly coupled to the at least one movable bridge, said coil when energized due to the occurrence of a predetermined condition, is capable of causing said plunger to engage said movable bridge thus causing electrical discontinuity between said first, second and third electrical conductors; said reset assembly being coupled to the circuit interrupter, and when said reset portion is activated, is capable of energizing the coil and moving the plunger which causes the at least one movable bridge to reestablish electrical continuity between the first, second and third electrical conductors and whereby continuity between the first, second and third electrical conductors is not reestablished when the activated reset assembly is not capable of energizing the circuit interrupter; and placing said tripped circuit interrupting device into the stream of commerce.