Patent ID: 7265292

Claim:
A weatherproof, while-in-use; electrical receptacle cover assembly for an outdoor electrical outlet, comprising: a generally rectangular base having a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls interconnecting said front and rear walls which cooperatively define a top opening and a bottom opening, the latter of which is securable adjacent to a top face of an outdoor electrical outlet, said walls each having an upper edge; a cover hingeably secured to said base generally adjacent to said upper edge of said rear wall of said base for pivotable and slidable movement between an open and closed position relative to said base, said cover in said closed position thereof being intended to cover an electrical outlet secured to the base, said cover having at least one opening to allow an electrical cord attached to an electrical plug to extend from the cover when the electrical plug is received in the electrical outlet and said cover is in said closed position; and spring-loaded hinge means for hingedly securing said cover to said base to allow for pivotable movement of said cover about an axis generally co-axially aligned with said upper edge of said rear wall and for reciprocable sliding movement of said cover when in said closed position relative to said base in a direction generally toward and away from, said upper edges of said front and rear walls, said spring-loaded hinge means normally biasing said cover in a direction towards said upper edge of said front wall.