Patent ID: 8622759
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A safety cover for a switch, socket, or socket/plug combination, comprising: a frame having a plate opening sized so that a plate for a switch, socket, or socket/plug combination may be disposed therein, a lip disposed within the plate opening adjacent to a rear portion of the frame, the lip extending inward with respect to the frame and sized so that a portion of the lip is gripped between the plate and a box for a switch, socket, or socket/plug combination when the plate is disposed within the plate opening and connected to the box; a cover panel hingedly secured like a door to the frame, the cover panel including a pair of latch pins or barbed detents and being swingable from a closed position and an open position, the cover panel being biased to spring open when released from the closed position; latch means disposed within the frame for holding the cover panel in the closed position, the latch means engaging with the pair of latch pins or barbed detents when the cover panel is in the closed position, a key having a center prong and two side prongs, the center prong having a center prong length and the two side prongs having a side prong length that is less than the center prong length, and a shutter covering keyholes in the frame when the cover is closed, wherein the center prong of the key is operable to displace the shutter such that the side prongs of the key can be inserted through the keyholes to disengage the latch means from the pair of latch pins or barbed detents and release the cover panel.