Electrical outlet safety cover

Details Electrical outlet safety cover Electrical outlet safety cover

1990-04-19

1992-02-11

Tolin, Gerald P.

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Covers or face plates

With closure for face plate opening

H02G 318

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050877968

ABSTRACT:
An outlet safety cover that encloses electrical sockets (58) and keeps small children from pulling plugs (56) out of sockets (58) or inserting objects into sockets (58). The outlet safety cover includes a housing (10) and flexible clip (34) which interlocks with housing (10) to securely hold housing (10) against electrical outlet faceplate (54). The housing (10) can be installed and removed quickly without the use of a tool, by means of a flexible clip (34) that is attached to existing electrical outlet assembly with a screw (60). The housing (10) is installed by simply pushing housing (10) onto flexible clip (34). To remove housing (10), adults need to simply apply finger pressure to tabs (36) until housing (10) disengages with flexible clip (34).

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patent: 4605817 (1986-08-01), Lopez
patent: 4618200 (1986-10-01), Roberts
patent: 4803307 (1989-02-01), Shotey

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