Patent ID: 8420963
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An enclosure for a switching device, the switching device being configured with an operating member operable between a first ON position and a second OFF position, the enclosure comprising: a housing configured to support the switching device, said housing comprising an interlock formation: a housing cover operable between a first closed position and a second open position, said housing cover configured with an aperture therethough; an interlock member moveably connected to said cover, said interlock member defining an aperture therethrough sized to operatively receive the switching device operating member, the interlock member operative to move in response to movement of switching device operating member; said interlock member configured to engage said housing interlock formation to prevent movement of said housing cover from said first closed position to said second open position when the switching device operating member is in the first ON position; and wherein said interlock member aperture and said cover aperture are configured to cooperate to permit the switching device operating member to operably protrude from said housing when said housing cover is in the first closed position.