Electrical connectors – With contact preventer or retractable cover part – With connector retaining means in addition to contact of...
Patent
1992-06-30
1993-10-12
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
With contact preventer or retractable cover part
With connector retaining means in addition to contact of...
174 67, 439367, H01R 1344
Patent
active
052520838
ABSTRACT:
An electrical wall plug outlet enclosure and safety device wherein a face plate is detachably mounted to the wall over the electrical wall plug outlet and in turn generally rectangular but tapered cover is detachably mounted to the face plate to prevent touching of the prongs of an inserted electrical plug and to prevent the insertion of an object, especially a metal object, into the electrical outlet when a plug is not inserted. The cover further has openings at opposite ends for passage of an electrical cord or cords attached at one end to an electrical plug and at its other end to an electrical appliance. The face plate has flexible wings or tabs extending horizontally outwardly from the approximate mid-portion of the face plate for engagement with longitudinally extending slots or openings formed on opposite sides of the cover to detachably secure the cover to the face plate. To detach or uncouple the cover from the face plate a flat metal object, such as the blade of a small screw driver, is inserted into one of the slots and pressed against one of the wings or tabs to release the engagement and allow the cover to be removed from the face plate thereby exposing the electrical plug outlet. Protective stops are disposed inside the rectangular cover adjacent the slots to prevent the flat metal object from contacting the electrical plug prongs to prevent shock
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patent: 4530555 (1985-07-01), South
patent: 4915638 (1990-04-01), Domian
patent: 5087796 (1992-02-01), Norman
Bradley Paula A.
Heiner Donald R.
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