Patent ID: 7820912

Claim:
An electrical outlet cover assembly configured for mounting over an electrical outlet, the electrical outlet cover assembly comprising: an electrical outlet mounting box comprising a front edge, an inner surface and an opening large enough to receive an electrical outlet, wherein the inner surface of the electrical outlet mounting box comprises one or more guides and wherein the front edge of the electrical outlet mounting box is configured such that it does not extend beyond a front surface of a wall when the electrical outlet mounting box is installed in the wall; an extendable base comprising a leading edge and an outer surface comprising one or more guides in mechanical cooperation with the one or more guides on the inner surface of the electrical outlet mounting box such that the extendable base is slidably coupled with the electrical outlet mounting box, the extendable base slideable between a collapsed position and an extended position, wherein in the collapsed position the leading edge of the extendable base is configured such that it does not extend beyond the front surface of the wall when the electrical outlet mounting box is installed on the wall, and wherein in the extended position the one or more guides resist decoupling of the extendable base and the electrical outlet mounting box; and a lid pivotably coupled with the extendable base, at least one of the lid and the extendable base comprising a cord port along an edge of the respective lid and extendable base, the lid comprising a front surface and being positionable between an open position and a closed position with respect to the extendable base, wherein the front surface of the lid is substantially flush with the front surface of the wall when the extendable base is in the collapsed position and the lid is in the closed position with respect to the extendable base.