Patent ID: 8803007

Claim:
A safety insert device for preventing electrical shortages and electrical shocks and for securing wiring, the safety insert device comprising: an open-faced electrically-insulative box sized to receive an electrical device while simultaneously sized to releasably and insertably attach to an electrical junction box, the open-faced electrically-insulative box comprising: a back wall having an outside surface and an inside surface, the outside surface facing away from an electrical device when inserted into the open-faced electrically-insulative box, and the inside surface facing toward the electrical device when inserted into the open-faced electrically-insulative box, the back wall comprising a plurality of wire-access apertures extending through the back wall between the outside surface and the inside surface, each aperture defining an L-shape opening in the back wall, each L-shaped wire-access aperture having an elongated slotted wire-insertion region which corresponds to a long segment of the L-shape, and a wire-retention region which corresponds to a short segment of the L-shape, each wire-retention region being sized to securely grip an inserted electrical wire, wherein each wire-retention region comprises grip arms, wherein each grip arm projects substantially perpendicular from the outside surface of the back wall, wherein each grip arm has an inwardly-facing surface and an outwardly-facing surface, the inwardly-facing surface facing toward the electrical wire when inserted into the wire-retention aperture, and the outwardly-facing surface facing away from the electrical wire when inserted into the wire-retention aperture, each grip arm having a grip nipple which projects from the inwardly facing surface of the grip arm to retain the electrical wire when inserted into the wire-retention aperture; and, a plurality of side walls, each of the plurality of side walls having an outside surface and an inside surface, the outside surface of each side wall facing away from an electrical device when inserted into the open-faced electrically-insulative box, and the inside surface of each side wall facing toward the electrical device when inserted into the open-faced electrically-insulative box.