Patent ID: 9742175
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H02G

Claim:
1. A safety cover system for household electrical switches and outlets, said system comprising: a wall plate having an aperture for an electrical device, said wall plate having a rim portion with upper, lower and side latching lips; a cover plate hingeably connected with said wall plate for covering said wall plate aperture; a plurality of independently actuated release mechanisms including upper, lower and side release mechanisms, each of said release mechanisms having a button being exposed to an exterior of said cover plate through an aperture in said cover plate, and each of said release mechanisms having a latch with an arm overlapping said wall plate rim lip to prevent said cover plate from pivoting open from said wall plate, each of said release mechanisms having a plunger rod connected to one of said cover and said wall plate, each of said release mechanisms having a spring mount and a spring captured between said spring mount and said button to bias said button into a locked position, and wherein each of said release mechanisms include C-shaped towers on each of said cover plates and alignment blocks with ears captured in an interference fit within said towers, each of said alignment blocks having a bore that one of said plunger rods passes through, each of said blocks mounting a coil spring against a shoulder of one of said plunger rods.