Electricity: conductors and insulators – Covers or face plates – With closure for face plate opening
Patent
1993-12-10
1995-02-14
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Covers or face plates
With closure for face plate opening
439147, H02G 314
Patent
active
053897404
ABSTRACT:
A new and improved safety cover for electrical outlets for enclosing an electrical wall outlet for minimizing personal injury due to electric shock and alternatively additionally for providing a tamper-proof device to prevent unauthorized connection or interruption of electrical power to an appliance, the safety cover for electrical outlets comprising a box of electrical nonconducting material fixedly connected to a wall having an electrical wall outlet such that the electrical outlet is surrounded by the box while being accessible within the box, the box additionally having a hinged cover thereon whereby the electrical outlet may be fully enclosed when the cover is closed, the box further having a plurality of notches therethrough wherethrough electrical line cords may removedly extend when the box cover is closed, the box also having a latch whereby the cover is snapidly releasedly retained in the closed position whereby the electrical outlet and plugs connected thereto are fully enclosed to prevent electrical shock due to tampering and to preclude unwanted connection or disconnection of critical electrical equipment.
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Picard Leo P.
Tone D. A.
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