Patent ID: 6924433

Claim:
A base for an electrical outlet cover, the base comprising: a backing member having a front surface and a back surface; at least one opening extending through the backing member from the front surface to the back surface, the at least one opening having a size large enough to receive at least one socket face; 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 move such that a portion of the body of the mounting device shifts into and extends through the base mounting aperture.