Patent ID: 7608781
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A protective cover for an electrical outlet box having a plaster ring mounted thereon, said electrical outlet box having a cavity defined by a side wall, a back wall and an open front end, said plaster ring having a single gang central opening for use in accessing said cavity, said single gang central opening having a pair of opposed spaced apart sides, each side being defined by a lip, said plaster ring further having a pair of mounting screw holes for use in mounting thereon an electrical outlet, said protective cover comprising a plate sized and shaped to be removably mounted onto said plaster ring and extend over said single gang central opening, said plate having a pair of flexible wings and a pair of posts, said pair of posts being sized, shaped and positioned on said plate so that they can be press fit into said mounting screw holes in said plaster ring when said protective cover is removably mounted on said plaster ring in order to secure said protective cover to said plaster ring, and said pair of flexible wings being sized and spaced apart on said plate so that when said protective cover is removably mounted on said plaster ring and when said spacing between said pair of flexible wings is about the same as the spacing between the lip on each side of the single gang central opening, the pair of flexible wings will grab onto the lip on each side of the single gang central opening, in order to also secure said protective cover to said plaster ring along with the pair of posts.