Patent ID: 7401610

Claim:
A stove switch safety cover comprising: a flat back plate having a front surface formed with a plurality of transverse post mounting holes in a horizontally linear arrangement and a plurality of screw mounting holes, a rear surface, a top edge, a bottom edge parallel to said top edge, a right edge perpendicular to said top edge and joining said top edge to said bottom edge, and a left edge parallel to said right edge; a key latch connected to said front surface of said back plate near said left edge; a hinge connected along the entirety of said right edge of said back plate; a cover with an interior surface and an exterior surface and having a flat front panel formed with a plurality of transverse apertures in a horizontally linear arrangement and with a top edge, a bottom edge parallel to said top edge, a right edge perpendicular to said top edge and joining said top edge to said bottom edge, and a left edge parallel to said right edge; an open rear; a top panel angling downward and outward from said top edge of said front panel; a bottom panel angling downward and outward from said bottom edge of said front panel; a right panel having a top edge and a bottom edge and connected on said top edge to said right edge of said top panel and joining said front panel to said top panel and said bottom panel; and a left panel having a top edge and a bottom edge and parallel to said right panel and connected on said top edge to said left edge of said top panel and joining said front panel to said top panel and to said bottom panel and connected on said bottom edge of said right panel to said hinge wherein said cover can be rotated along said hinge in a direction towards or away from said back plate; a locking mechanism connected to said left panel of said cover; a plurality of magnetic switches connected to said interior surface of said cover along said front panel; a plurality of magnetic strips magnetically connected to said magnetic switches wherein said magnetic strips are placed in close proximity to said magnetic switches when said bottom edge of said left panel contacts said back plate when said cover is rotated toward said back plate along said hinge; a power source connected to said internal surface of said cover; a first plurality of electrical wires serially connected said power source to said magnetic switches; a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) connected to said internal surface of said cover on said front panel wherein said LEDs are aligned with said transverse apertures in said front panel of said cover; and a second plurality of electrical wires connecting each said magnetic switch to one said LED.