Carleton xDX Collection
Extension Cord
FlatPlug extension cord and display
Identifier
2019.CU.DX.00002
Former Accession Number
992.6
Date
circa 1990 (design), 1991 (manufacture)
Date Source
Canadian Patents Database
Date Href
https://www.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/2013078/summary.html?type=number_search&tabs1Index=tabs1_1, https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/artefacts_hum/detailler_detail.app?d=ADKW992.6&w=flatplug&t=any&i=false&n=0&p=a&o=&f=&k=&pID=1&r=50&s=1&in=Design+Exchange&colId=&v=none&l=l&lang=en
Material/Technique
plastic, metal, electrical extension cord and power outlet
Measurement
38cm (height)
display
,
23.7cm (width)
display
,
20.2cm (depth)
display
,
218cm (length)
extension cord
Physical Description
Beige "flatplug" extension cord with gold coloured "removal ring" wrapped around and plugged into power outlet housed in black metal display unit.
Number of Components
2
Component Part Name
Display unit, extension cord
Brand Name
FlatPlug
AAT Culture
Canadian
Style or Period
Post-1945
Work Type AAT
extension cords
Description
"Robert Dickie’s innovative thinning of the plug’s head and angling of its wires makes the product child proof and allows furniture to be aligned flush against the wall. Popular Science magazine declared the FlatPlug to be one of the one hundred greatest science and technology achievements of 1991."
Description Source
DX Carleton Transfer List Filemaker PDF
Provenance
By transfer from Design Exchange, originally gift of Paige Manufacturing Inc., King City
External Linls
https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/artefacts_hum/detailler_detail.app?d=ADKW992.6&w=flatplug