Electricity: conductors and insulators – Covers or face plates – With closure for face plate opening
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-15
2008-07-15
Estrada, Angel R (Department: 2831)
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Covers or face plates
With closure for face plate opening
C174S066000, C220S241000, C220S242000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07399921
ABSTRACT:
A safety cap for an electrical outlet having an adhesive section can be attached to a standard outlet cover. Alternately, an outlet cover including two slidable plates including a spring or spring groove can be used to prevent access to the outlet by a child. An elongated member on one plate is used to contact a spring on the other plate. Alternately, the elongated member can fit into a spring groove to bias the plates apart into the closed position. Locking pins can be used to lock the plates onto an aperture at the base of a plug's power prong. Additionally, a recess around each electrical outlet can mate with a respective lip of a plug to provide an interlocking interface between the plug and outlet cover to prevent a child from being able to insert a metal object between the plug and the faceplate.
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Estrada Angel R
Lewis and Roca LLP
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