US PATENT SUBCLASS 439 / 103
.~.~ Movable or removable ground prong

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439 /   HD   ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS

92  DF  WITH CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS AND SAFETY GROUNDING PROVISION {7}
101  DF  .~ Direct grounding of coupling part member passing into aperture {4}
103.~.~ Movable or removable ground prong {1}
104  DF  .~.~.~> Pivotable or rotatable about transverse axis

DEFINITION

Classification: 439/103

Movable or removable ground prong:

(under subclass 101) Electrical connector including a male contact* adapted to enter a receptacle and make electrical connection to earth ground, which male contact is constructed to be (a) operationally repositioned with respect to the remainder of the connector or, (b) withdrawn from operational position.

(1) Note. The purpose of repositioning the contact of this subclass may be to adapt the connector for use with mating parts of different configurations without use of an intermediate "adapter".

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

52, for a coupling part having a repositionable contact to allow an operative to select different circuitry.

171+, for a connector having a repositionable contact for interfitting with variously configured mating parts of particular, assigned configurations, e.g.., assigned for a particular voltage or ampere rating.

174, for a connector, generally, having a repositionable contact.