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Hole Plug: That's One Hole of An Idea

010709_an_holeplug.jpgWe're pretty sure we're not the only ones that have tried yanking out a plug from the wall socket by grasping the cord instead of the plug base. Personally, I recall as a child doing exactly that - pulling out a vacuum cleaner's plug using the cord alone and was pleasantly greeted with an electric shock that left me running towards my mother. It wasn't a fun experience. Not one bit. Perhaps that is why Kim Seung Woo's reinvention of the plug sounds so darn intriguing...

 
 

Imagine - it's dark, you're still groggly, and you need to unplug your heater from the wall. Having a hole to guide you not only makes unplugging appliances much safer, but guiding your fingers to a familiar spot should make the whole process much easier as well. Or at least, will convince those who are still likely to pull by grasping the cord to think, "Hey, what's another foot? And it's a hole plug... ah, finneeeee."

While Hole Plug remains a concept for now, it's definitely a great one in our book. We'll keep you guys posted if these begin to go into production anytime soon.

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My Breville Electric Kettle has a plug like this. From their site, "The exclusive Breville Assist Plug™ has been designed with a built-in finger hole for safe and effortless removal from the outlet.

There's a pic here:

http://www.breville.ca/site/EN/products/ct75xl/tearsheet.jsp

posted by veggiequeen on January 7th 2009 at 3:25pm
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veggiequeen is right. I really like these plugs that Breville uses. It would be wonderful if all plugs had them.

posted by crownedmonkey on January 7th 2009 at 3:54pm
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Here's another extension of this idea, why not line the hole with glow in the dark material to make it even easier to find?

posted by Javarod on January 7th 2009 at 7:43pm
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Cheers on the finds people!

posted by ekoshyun on January 7th 2009 at 7:45pm
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my breville juicer has this plug too, but without the light up ring.

posted by eec007 on January 7th 2009 at 8:42pm
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