Patent ID: 6770815
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A base for an electrical outlet cover, the base comprising:a backing member having a front surface and a back surface; at least one socket aperture extending through the backing member; at least one base mounting aperture extending through the backing member and sized to admit a body of a mounting device but not a head of the mounting device; a receiving area adjacent to the base mounting aperture, the receiving area having a recess on the back surface of the backing member sized to admit the head of the mounting device at least partially through the backing member; wherein a portion of the mounting aperture extends laterally into the receiving area recess such that once the head of the mounting device body is admitted into the receiving area with the body of the mounting device extending from the back surface, the base may be laterally moved such that a portion of the body of the mounting device shifts into and extends through the base mounting aperture.