Electricity: conductors and insulators – Covers or face plates – With closure for face plate opening
Patent
1992-12-15
1994-05-31
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Covers or face plates
With closure for face plate opening
H02G 314
Patent
active
053171080
ABSTRACT:
A gasketless weather-resistant electrical outlet cover assembly includes a cover plate with a top wall and an aperture for exposing an electrical device and a door having a top wall which is hingedly connected to the cover plate top wall. The hinged connection includes at least one hook projecting up from the cover plate top wall, each hook having a slot extending into the space under the hook. The hinge connection also includes at least one laterally extending hinge pin on the door for pivotal engagement in the space under a hook on the cover plate through the slot therein so that the door can swing between a closed position wherein the cover covers the aperture in the cover plate to an open position wherein the door is swung away from the cover plate to expose that aperture. A cam is provided on the top wall of the door which is shaped to shift the door relative to the plate when the door is moved beyond a selected amount toward its closed position so that each hinge pin is raised above the corresponding hook slot. Preferably, each hinge pin is flattened so that it cannot be slid through the hook slot unless the door is in its fully open position. Interfitting latch members may be provided at the bottoms of the cover plate and door, respectively, which members interfit when the door is in its closed position to latch the door in that position.
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L.E. Mason Company
Picard Leo P.
Tone David A.
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