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Safety cover for an electrical wall outlet

Details

Inventors: Piedmont, Gregory H.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Abrams; Neil
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Andsel Group, Inc.

A safety cover for an electrical wall outlet is described that has a cover base plate and at least one cowl means attached to the base plate to enclose an electrical plug when the plug is in the electrical receptacle. The cover has a rail means in the inside circumferential surface of the cowl to guide the plug into the receptacle and to reduce the sagging of the plug while in the receptacle. This reduces possible accidental contact with the prongs of the plug when it is being inserted or extracted while the prongs of the plug are still in contact with the receptacle which reduces the chance of an electrical shock or a fire hazard. There is a protective cap means to place over the access port to the cowl to reduce the chance of undesired entry to the receptacle while the plug is not in place in the receptacle. There is a locking means on the cover comprising a locking pin on the outside surface of the cowl means and a J-shaped camming slot on the cap. There is a resilient means on the under surface of the top of the cap to encourage a firm locking engagement of the cap to the cowl when it is locked in place.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is a nonconductive safety cover for an electrical wall outlet that is simple to install.
Remove the fastening screw of the existing outlet.
Save the screw and use the same screw to fasten the herein described safety cover.
A cowl extends outwardly from the surface of the cover base plate in such a manner as to make it very difficult to allow the fingers to be in contact with the prongs of the plug when the prongs are in electrical contact with the outlet.
The invention provides a protective cap or cover which fits over the cowl when the outlet is not in use.
The cowls are provided with a locking pin which extends outwardly from the outside circumferential surface of the cowl.
The protective cap fits snugly over the top of the cowl sealing off access to the inside of the cowl.
The cap has a J-shaped cam slot which intimately engages the locking pin.
Located on the inside circumferential surface of the cowl are at least two guide rails which engage the lower edge of the plug when the plug is inserted into the cowl of the safety cover.
The rails guide the plug into the outlet and reduces sagging of the plug while in the outlet.
A safety cover for an electrical wall outlet is described that has a nonconductive cover base plate and at least one nonconductive cowl means attached to the cover base plate to enclose an electrical plug when the electrical plug is in electrical contact with an electrical receptacle.
There is an outlet port in the cover base plate providing access to the electrical receptacle from the cowl means and a nonconductive guide rail means attached to an inside circumferential surface of the cowl means to guide the electrical plug into the electrical receptacle and to reduce sagging of the electrical plug while the electrical plug is inserted in the electrical receptacle.
There is a nonconductive mounting screw chamber attached to the cover base plate to enclose a mounting screw and a mounting screw port means in the cover base plate to allow the mounting screw to pass from the mounting screw chamber and through the cover base plate to secure the cover base plate to the electrical receptacle

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