Patent ID: 6669492
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A safety cover for an electrical outlet comprising:a. a base having one or more openings through which the normally exposed portion of an electrical outlet is placed, one or more perforations for outlet-attaching screws, cover-engaging vertical female channels near both side edge of the base having a depth substantially lesser than the thickness of the base material and generally centered within the thickness of said base and a downwardly and outwardly tapered opening in said channel from the channel portion to the frontal surface of the base thereby forming a generally vertically T-shaped void within the base from the upper to lower edge, a plurality of cone-shaped nipples protruding from the rear surface of the base so as to slightly penetrate an adjacent wall surface thereby preventing the child safety cover from rotational displacement, a locking latch located near the lower inner surface of the outwardly tapered opening proximal to each outer edge of the base, b. a primary cover having a top, a front and two side portions wherein each portion is integral to one another and made of a resilient sheet material thereby forming a generally hollow rectangular cube exempt of a back and a bottom, base-engaging channels at each rear-most side edges of the primary cover adapted to slide vertically and longitudinally within the channels within the base, strikes for receiving each base latch whereby as the primary cover is slidably engaged within the base channels, the base engaging portions of the lower side portions of the primary cover ramps inwardly against the base lacking latch until such a time when the upper inner surface of the primary cover contacts the upper edge of the base and the locking latches and strikes align to allow the sides of the primary cover to spring outwardly thereby snapping the latched into the mating strikes, c. a secondary cover for covering the outlet when not in use having a top, a front and two side portions wherein each portion is integral to one another and made of a resilient sheet material thereby forming a generally hollow rectangular cube exempt of a back and a bottom, base-engaging channels at each rear-most side edges of the secondary cover adapted to slide vertically and longitudinally within the channels within the base, strikes for receiving each base latch whereby as the secondary cover is slidably engaged within the base channels, the base engaging portions of the lower side portions of the secondary cover ramps inwardly against the base lacking latch until such a time when the upper inner surface of the secondary cover contacts the upper edge of the base and the locking latches and strikes align to allow the sides of the secondary cover to spring outwardly thereby snapping the latched into the mating strikes.