ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,780, issued on April 22, was assigned to Titan3 Technology LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Locking electrical device" was invented by Jeffrey P. Baldwin (Anthem, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical receptacle including a body having a plurality of electrical connections, a device face connected to the body and movable with respect to the body, a plurality of electrical plug contacts positioned behind the device face, and wherein the electrical plug contacts retain an electrical plug prong at a first tension when the device face is in a first position and the electrical plug contacts retain the electrical plug prong at a second ten...