(19)
(11) EP 1 054 482 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/47

(21) Application number: 00303938.5

(22) Date of filing: 10.05.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 25/00, H01R 25/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 15.05.1999 GB 9911385

(71) Applicant: BRIDISCO LIMITED
London N17 7RQ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Gough, Keith Adrian
    Prescott, Merseyside L34 0JE (GB)

(74) Representative: Ajello, Michael John 
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord Greg's Buildings 1 Booth Street
Manchester M2 4DU
Manchester M2 4DU (GB)

   


(54) Electrical socket strip


(57) An electrical socket strip adapted for removably receiving a number of separate electrical appliance plugs and comprising a housing (10) to which is connected a power supply lead (at 15) and several plug sockets (11) on each of two opposed faces of the housing (10). Pivotally folding feet (12) may be deployed to support the strip with its opposed socket faces upright and with the sockets inverted whereby power leads extend upwardly from plugs inserted into the strip thus preventing the leads from trailing across the floor and becoming tangled. The electrical terminal conductor bars within the housing (10) for the respective sockets (11) are offset whereby the pins of plugs inserted into the housing from the opposed faces lie alongside one another in overlapping relationship thus to minimise the depth of the strip.






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