Patent ID: 8399765

Claim:
A safety cover assembly for an electrical outlet, comprising: a cover base comprising a track and at least one electrical outlet receptacle face aperture extending through a surface thereof and enough the receptacle face aperture sized to receive at least one face of an electrical receptacle therein and positioned within the track, and the cover base further comprising at least two button openings, at least one each on opposing sides of the cover base; a cover slidably coupled to the cover base within the track and comprising at least an open position in which the at least one receptacle face aperture is exposed enough to receive an electrical cord cap therein and a closed position in which the at least one receptacle face aperture is covered by the cover; two or more side features, at least one of the two or more side features on each of opposing sides of the cover; at least two cover release buttons, each one comprising a button projection and extending through each of the button openings in the base, the cover release buttons each operatively coupled to the cover base and biased to an engaged position in which the button projections engage the side features of the cover and restrict its sliding movement within the cover base; wherein simultaneous activation of the two cover release.