Patent ID: 9407042
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical outlet safety device adapted for positionally capturing a plug head associated with an appliance cord relative to at least one receptacle of an electrical outlet, wherein the safety device comprises: a body plate having front and rear sides and opposed lateral edges, the body plate being adapted for removable connection relative to a cover plate associated with the electrical outlet; at least one elongate open-ended blind channel extending from one toward another of the opposed lateral edges of the body plate, and at least one adapter plate having at least one elongate open-ended blind adapter channel extending from one toward another of the opposed lateral edges thereof, wherein the channel defines an opposed pair of parallel edges to sandwich the plug head associated with the electrical appliance between the body plate and the cover plate of the electrical outlet, whereby the plug head is positionally captured relative to the receptacle; and wherein the adapter plate is sized and configured to be placed against the rear side of the body plate such that the at least one adapter channel thereof is aligned with but differently sized as compared to the at least one channel of the body plate.