Patent ID: 7695293
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical outlet covering system comprising: a female outlet including a housing having a front face, said front face having a pair of female apertures therein to receive and provide power to a pair of male prongs; a panel having a first side and a second side, said panel having two receiving openings therein extending into said second side and outwardly of said first side, each of said receiving openings corresponding with one of said female apertures in said female outlet when said first side is facing and positioned over said front face to allow the male prongs to extend through panel and into said female apertures; a mounting assembly being mounted on said panel and releasably securing said panel to said housing; a covering being rotationally coupled to said first side, said covering having a pair of receiving holes extending therethrough, each of said receiving holes being simultaneously alignable with one of said receiving openings to allow the male prongs to be extended through said receiving openings and said receiving holes and into said female apertures; and a pair of tabs, each of said receiving holes having a perimeter edge having one of said tabs integrally coupled thereto, each of said tabs being angled away from said panel, said covering being rotationally biased to position said tabs over said receiving openings, wherein abutment of the male prongs against said tabs rotates said covering to move said tabs away from said receiving openings to allow the male prongs to be inserted into said female apertures, a pair of locking flanges, each of said locking flanges having a first end, a second end and a bend positioned between said first and second ends, each of said first ends being hingedly coupled to said covering, each of said second ends extending through corresponding ones of said receiving openings and said receiving holes to prevent rotation of said covering with respect to said panel, wherein abutment of the male prongs against both second ends simultaneously removes said locking flanges from said panel to allow rotation of said covering.