Patent ID: 9548566
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H01R,H02G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of connecting and using a safety cover for a socket including a front plate connected to a rear box using one or more screw-headed bolts, comprising the steps of: loosening, but not removing, the one or more screw-headed bolts connecting the front plate to the rear box; moving the front plate outward away from the rear box so that a frame included with the safety cover can be slid onto the front plate; sliding the frame onto the front plate so that a lip included with the frame is disposed between the front plate and the rear box; and tightening the one or more screw-headed bolts so that the front plate is connected to the rear box with the lip from the frame gripped between the front plate and the rear box; wherein the frame is U-shaped and includes an upper portion and two side portions, the upper portion and two side portions forming a plate opening sized so that the front plate may be disposed therein; and the lip is disposed within the plate opening adjacent to a rear portion of the frame and extends inward with respect to the frame from the upper portion and two side portions.