Reduced dimension male electric plug

摘要

According to certain aspects of an embodiment of the present invention, a male electrical plug has housing supporting a line blade and neutral blade and a grounding pin which are oriented for insertion into a conventional electrical outlet. The housing is sized to permit it to be inserted through drain plug openings that are less than 1 inch in diameter. In one embodiment, the housing of the plug is formed such that the wall thickness around the line and neutral blades is as thin as 3/32 of an inch and the wall thickness around the ground pin is less than 3/32 of an inch. In one embodiment the wall thickness around the ground pin on the order of 1/16 of an inch. The ground pin may be offset inwardly within the housing to provide additional wall thickness around the ground pin, thereby increasing the structural rigidity of the plug. The blades may include reduced sized and/or offset portions that are embedded within the housing and outer portions sized to mate with reciprocal openings in an outlet. The bottom wall of the housing may be radiused to facilitate insertion of the housing through circular openings.