Electricity: conductors and insulators – Covers or face plates – With closure for face plate opening
Patent
1993-06-23
1994-11-08
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Covers or face plates
With closure for face plate opening
H01R 13447
Patent
active
053629248
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 a generally rectangular shaped cover or box-like structure is hingedly or pivotally attached to and over 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 face plate has a raised shoulder on all four sides and a flange receiving recess is formed in the shoulder at its lower end. Further, tabs are formed integrally on the inside of each of the two vertical shoulders near the top of the face plate and apertures are formed through the tabs and adjacent shoulders for receiving pins associated with the top of the cover for pivotably mounting the cover to the face plate. The lower end of the cover has a flange which is received in the shoulder recess for further securing the cover to the face plate. A cam surface attached to the face plate, at its upper end and at about its mid-point, cooperates with a flange of the cover for securing the cover in an open position when the cover is rotated upwardly about the pins from its closed position.
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Heiner Donald R.
Picard Leo P.
Tone D. A.
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