Patent ID: 7595449
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. An electrical outlet safety cover plate assembly for an electrical outlet receptacle having at least one socket with apertures for receiving the male prongs of an electrical plug comprising of: a safety cover plate made of nonconductive material having a front surface and a back surface with the peripheral edge projecting rearwards; said cover plate having at least one aperture for a screw as a means of attaching and removing said cover plate to the electrical outlet receptacle; said cover plate having apertures corresponding and aligned with the apertures in the electrical outlet receptacle; at least one shutter made of nonconductive material having apertures corresponding to said apertures in said cover plate; said shutter having a means of being slidably mounted on said back surface of said cover plate; at least one biasing element exerting a force on said shutter so that said apertures of said shutter are in a non-aligned position with said apertures in said cover plate in the normally biased closed position; said cover plate including at least one opening on said peripheral edge of said cover plate as a means of access to said shutter; said shutter having a protruding member extending outward in a direction opposite of the biasing force acting upon the shutter; said protruding member of said shutter extending out thru said access as a means to manually position said shutter by a pulling motion so that said apertures of said shutter are in an aligned position with said apertures of said cover plate.