Patent ID: 7586718

Claim:
An electrical wiring device comprising: a device housing including a front cover and a rear body member, the front cover including a raised-user accessible portion, the raised-user accessible portion including at least one device feature disposed therein and a set of receptacle openings disposed at a first end portion thereof; a plurality of line terminals and a plurality of load terminals at least partially disposed in the rear body member, the plurality of load terminals being operatively coupled to receptacle load terminals accessible by way of the set of receptacle openings; a fault detection circuit assembly coupled to the plurality of line terminals and configured to generate a fault detection signal in response to detecting at least one fault condition; a circuit interrupter assembly coupled to the fault detection circuit, the circuit interrupter being configured to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals and the plurality of load terminals in a reset state, the circuit interrupter being further configured to disconnect the plurality of line terminals from the plurality of load terminals in response to the fault detection signal to thereby drive the device into a tripped state; and a light assembly including at least one light emitting element, an illumination circuit coupled to the plurality of line terminals and/or the plurality of load terminals, the illumination circuit being configured to selectively drive the at least one light element between a deenergized state and a light emitting state, and a lens element disposed in optical communication with the at least one light element and coupled to the front cover at a second end portion of the raised-user accessible portion, the lens element occupying a substantial part of the second end of the raised-user accessible portion such that the dimension of the lens element parallel to the longitudinal axis of the electrical wiring device is greater than or equal to 0.4 inches, the lens element being configured to direct light emitted by the light emitting element into a spatial volume proximate the electrical wiring device.