This electrical outlet from Leviton is an odd one. It represents an interesting way to address (I presume) an aesthetic and somewhat practical issue that has arisen from the profusion of right angle plugs on appliances and extension cords (Which I don't recall seeing so often 10 years ago but which I see all the time now). The issue being that not all outlets have the grounding pins in the same position: Some have them on the top, others on the bottom, and (occasionally) a few on the side -- Does anyone know if there is a "proper" way to orient them, by the way? -- and a right angle plug, by definition, needs to choose one way to be. This "three-way" design (for lack of a better name) would ensure that most of the time whichever way the plug faced you could still angle the cord down. Or maybe they were solvinga different problem.

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