Patent Application
20160104980
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a power connecting device, and more particularly to a power connecting apparatus including an improved structure or configuration for suitably attaching to electronic appliances and for allowing the electronic appliances to be easily and quickly and readily connected or coupled to the connecting apparatus.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Typical cable organizer or organizing or connecting apparatuses comprise a casing or housing having a plate or wall member which includes one or more openings or orifices or notches formed therein for receiving or engaging with the wires or cables and for winding and storing and organizing the wires or cables therein and for preventing the wires or cables from being disengaged or separated from the connecting apparatus, and for allowing the wires or cables to be electrically connected or coupled to the electronic appliances.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 7,098,406 to Hammonds, U.S. Pat. No. 7,446,260 to Hammonds, U.S. Pat. No. 8,076,584 to Huang et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 8,668,160 to Cheng disclose several of the typical cable organizing devices each comprising a casing or housing having a compartment or chamber or one or more openings or orifices or notches formed therein for receiving or engaging with the wires or cables and for winding and storing and organizing the wires or cables therein and for preventing the wires or cables from being disengaged or separated from the casing or housing of the connecting apparatus.
However, the typical cable organizing devices may only be used to receive or engage with or organize the wires or cables, but may not be attached to the electronic appliances, and the electronic appliances may not be easily and quickly and readily connected or coupled to the connecting apparatus.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional cable organizing or connecting apparatuses.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a connecting apparatus including an improved structure or configuration for suitably attaching or mounting to the electronic appliances and for allowing the electronic appliances to be easily and quickly and readily connected or coupled to the connecting apparatus.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a connecting apparatus for electronic appliance, comprising a housing including a connector for connecting to a power source with a cable device, and including at least one socket member for coupling to an electronic appliance, and including an engaging member provided therein for engaging with the electronic appliance.
The housing includes at least one socket element electrically connected to the housing with a wire for selectively connecting or coupling to the electronic appliance. The housing includes a switch provided thereon for controlling a supplying of an electric energy to the socket member and/or to the socket element, or for switching on or off the socket member and/or the socket element.
The engaging member is selected from a notch formed in the housing for engaging with the electronic appliance and for attaching or mounting to the electronic appliance. The electronic appliance includes a post engaged with the engaging member of the housing for stably attaching or mounting or anchoring the housing to the electronic appliance.
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to the drawings, and initially to
The housing 20 may further include one or more further plugs or connectors or socket elements 25 electrically connected or coupled to the housing 20 with cables or wires 26 for connecting or coupling to the other electronic objects or articles or appliances (not illustrated), such as monitors, keyboards, antenna members, displayers, printers, computer stations, speakers, or the other peripherals. The housing 20 may further include a switch 27 formed or provided thereon for switching or controlling the supplying of the electricity or electric energy to the socket members 23 and/or the socket elements 25.
The housing 20 further includes an engaging member 28 formed or provided therein for receiving or engaging with the electronic appliance 90, such as monitors, keyboards, antenna members, displayers 90 or the like (
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The other electronic articles or objects or appliances 95, such as monitors, keyboards, antenna members, displayers, printers, computer stations, speakers 95, or the other peripherals or the like may also be easily and quickly and readily and electrically connected or coupled to either of the socket members 23 or the socket elements 25 with cables 97 and/or plugs 96 or the like without additional extensions or the like, such that the housing 20 may be used or provided for easily and quickly and readily and electrically connecting or coupling to the electronic objects or articles or appliances 90, 95.
Accordingly, the connecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes an improved structure or configuration for suitably attaching to electronic appliances and for allowing the electronic appliances to be easily and quickly and readily connected or coupled to the connecting apparatus.
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
