Patent ID: 9350151
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B29K,B29L,H02G

Claim Text:
1. An electrical outlet wall plate configured for cable retention, the wall plate comprising: a front and back side; one or more openings having a shape configured to receive an electrical outlet socket protrusion; one or more holes having a shape configured to receive a fastener, the fastener configured to fasten the wall plate to an electrical outlet; one or more hybrid cleats projecting from the front side of the wall plate, each of said one or more hybrid cleats comprising two horns extending from the front side of the wall plate in opposite directions at an angle with respect to the front side of the wall plate so as to define a tapered space between one of the two horns and the front side of the wall plate, the tapered space being the widest at a top end of one of the two horns and tapering to the narrowest at a bottom end of one of the two horns, the tapered space configured to receive an electrical cable, the electrical cable being held in the tapered space between one of the two horns and the front side of the wall plate; and four edges defining a rectangular perimeter of the wall plate, wherein the two horns of the hybrid cleat are one of: