Patent ID: 7230184

Claim:
A cover plate for an electrical outlet, the cover plate comprising: at least one socket face region having a front surface and a back surface, the socket face region configured to cover at least one insulative socket face of an electrical outlet when the cover plate is installed on the electrical outlet, the insulative socket face having a plurality of plug blade apertures extending therethrough, wherein the back surface contacts the at least one socket face when the cover plate is installed on the electrical outlet, the socket face region having a first thickness between the front surface and the back surface; and a plurality of cover plug blade apertures within the at least one socket face region, the cover plug blade apertures arranged and configured to correspond to positions of the plurality of plug blade apertures through the insulative socket faces for each of at least two different insulative socket face configurations selected from the group consisting of a single round electrical outlet, a duplex electrical outlet and a ground-fault circuit interrupt electrical outlet.