| 摘要 |
The electrical outlet with safety guard prevents children from inserting improper conductors, such as hairpins or paper clips, into the outlet. The outlet has an outlet body made from an electrically non-conductive material, a plurality of slots defining sockets within the body, a plurality of resilient gates pivotally attached to the body within the slots, and a plurality of terminals at the ends of the slots. The plug is inserted into the slots, and the prongs are confronted with the resilient gates. Upon further pressure from the prongs, the gates pivot into cavities defined between the open end of the slots and the terminals, so that the prongs make electrical contact with the conductors. The gates are sufficiently stiff that pins, paper clips, and other objects children may play with are deflected away from the terminals by the gates.
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