Outlet device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10804660-B2
Application number	US-201816154792-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2018
Priority date	Oct 26, 2016
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

An outlet device for hanging on a plate includes a counterweight portion, a hanging portion arranged distant from the counterweight portion, an extending portion having two ends respectively connected to the counterweight portion and the hanging portion, and a power core connected to the counterweight portion. Each of the counterweight portion and the hanging portion has an outlet unit electrically connected to the power core. The outlet device is configured so that the counterweight portion is arranged under the plate and the hanging portion is arranged on the plate, and the hanging portion remains hung on the plate by using a weight distribution of the outlet device, thereby maintaining the outlet device in a static balance state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An outlet device for being hung on a periphery portion of a plate of a furniture, comprising:
a counterweight portion including a first case and a first outlet unit arranged in the first case;
a hanging portion including a second case and a second outlet unit arranged in the second case;
an extending portion including a third case having two opposite ends respectively connected to the first case of the counterweight portion and the second case of the hanging portion; and
a power cord electrically connected to at least one of the first outlet unit and the second outlet unit through a front side of the first case that is different from a lateral side of the first case corresponding in position to the first outlet unit,
wherein the first case, the second case, and the third case are formed with a U-shaped hanging slot on an inner side thereof for being hung on the periphery portion of the plate; when the U-shaped hanging slot of the outlet device is hung on the periphery portion of the plate by adapting the counterweight portion to be arranged under the plate and the hanging portion to be arranged on the plate, the hanging portion remains hung on the plate by using a weight distribution of the outlet device, thereby maintaining the outlet device in a static balance state,
wherein each of a free end of the hanging portion and the front side of the first case is arranged distant from the extending portion by a lateral distance along a lateral direction, and a width of the third case along the lateral direction is less than the lateral distance, and wherein a width of the first case along a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction is equal to a width of the second case along the direction, and the width of the third case is less than the width of the first case.

2. The outlet device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third case has a first end and an opposite second end, the first end and the second end are respectively defined as the two opposite ends of the extending portion, and the first end and the second end are respectively and perpendicularly connected to the first case and the second case.

3. The outlet device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first end and the second end of the third case are integrally connected to the first case and the second case.

4. The outlet device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a corner of the first case arranged distant from the third case has a notch, and the power cord is rotatable to be arranged in the notch of the first case.

5. The outlet device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a limiting structure movably disposed on the first case, wherein the limiting structure is arranged in the U-shaped hanging slot for abutting against the plate.

6. The outlet device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the limiting structure includes an abutting member and an elastic member, an end of the abutting member is disposed on the first case by cooperating with the elastic member, and an opposite end of the abutting member is arranged apart from the first case by a vertical distance, and wherein when the abutting member is pressed to cause reduction of the vertical distance, the elastic member stores an elastic force tending to recover the vertical distance.

7. The outlet device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein an accommodating slot is recessed in an inner surface of the first case and is in air communication with the U-shaped hanging slot, and the limiting structure is movable toward the accommodating slot when being pressed.

8. The outlet device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first case, the second case, and the third case are formed as a U-shaped structure, and the first case and the second case have a predetermined distance there-between for allowing the U-shaped structure to be hung on the periphery portion of the plate.

9. The outlet device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein when the U-shaped hanging slot of the outlet device is hung on the periphery portion of the plate, the outlet device does not contact a bottom surface of the plate.

10. The outlet device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first case is parallel to the second case, and when the U-shaped hanging slot of the outlet device is hung on the periphery portion of the plate, the second case is apart from a bottom surface of the plate.

11. An outlet device for being hung on a periphery portion of a plate of a furniture, comprising:
a counterweight portion including a first case and a first outlet unit arranged in the first case;
a hanging portion including a second case and a second outlet unit arranged in the second case;
an extending portion including a third case having two opposite ends respectively connected to the first case of the counterweight portion and the second case of the hanging portion, the first case, the second case, and the third case defining a U-shaped hanging slot for receiving the periphery portion of the plate, wherein a free end of the second case is arranged distant from the third case of the extending portion by a lateral distance, wherein the lateral distance is defined as a distance between the free end of the second case and the third case along a lateral direction which is a direction perpendicular to the third case, the third case has a width along the lateral direction, the width of the third case is less than the lateral distance between the free end of the second case and the third case, and wherein a width of the first case along a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction is equal to a width of the second case along a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction, and the width of the third case is less than the width of the first case; and
a power cord electrically connected to the first outlet unit and the second outlet unit through a front side of the first case that is different from a lateral side of the first case corresponding in position to the first outlet unit,
wherein when in use, the periphery portion of the plate is inserted into the U-shaped hanging slot defined by the first case, the second case, and the third case, the counterweight portion is arranged under the plate and the hanging portion is arranged onto the plate, the outlet device remains hung on the periphery portion of the plate due to a self weight of the outlet device, thereby maintaining the outlet device in a static balance state.

12. The outlet device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first case, the second case, and the third case are formed as a U-shaped structure, and a distance between the first case and the second case is fixed.

13. The outlet device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein when in use, the periphery portion of the plate is inserted into the U-shaped hanging slot, and the outlet device does not contact a bottom surface of the plate.

14. An outlet device for being hung on a periphery portion of a top of a table, comprising:
a U-shaped structure including a first case, a second case, and a third case that is connected to the first case and the second case, wherein the first case, the second case, and the third case jointly define a U-shaped hanging slot on an inner side thereof, and a distance between the first case and the second case is fixed; and
a first outlet and a second outlet respectively arranged in the first case and the second case;
wherein when in use, the periphery portion of the top of the table is inserted into the U-shaped hanging slot, the first case and the first outlet are arranged under the top of the table and the second case is arranged onto the top of the table, the outlet device remains hung on the periphery portion of the top of the table due to a self

Assignees

• Powertech Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hsu Jung-Hui
• Peng su-ying

Classifications

• H01R13/73 Primary

  Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall · CPC title

• A47B2200/09

  Combined attachment of a frame, a storage tray and a work surface of a desk · CPC title

• A47F10/00

  Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for (conveyor aspects B65G; building aspects E04H; coin-freed apparatus G07F) · CPC title

• A47B2200/0085

  Supplementary support fixed on the edge of a desk or table · CPC title

• H02G3/18

  providing line outlets · CPC title