Patent ID: 7608793

Claim:
A switch cover device that fits over an installed switch having a switch toggle movable between a first position and a second position, the switch cover device comprising: a housing that defines an aperture that receives the switch toggle; a switch yoke pivotally coupled to said housing, said switch yoke engages the switch toggle of the installed switch and moves with the switch toggle between the first position and the second position; a first linkage connected between said housing and said switch yoke that applies a force in a first direction when the switch toggle is in the second position and in response to an input signal received by the switch cover device, said force from said first linkage in said first direction moves the switch toggle to the first position a second linkage connected between said housing and said switch yoke that applies a force in a second direction opposite said first direction when the switch toggle is in the first position in response to an input signal received by the switch cover device, said force from said second linkage in said second direction moves the switch toggle to the second position, said first linkage and said second linkage are slack unless applying a force in response to said input signal so the switch cover device remains operable to permit the installed switch to complete remaining motion of the switch toggle toward the first or the second positions.