Patent ID: 7413479

Claim:
A cover lock for an electrical housing, comprising: an external male member disposed on a first member of the electrical housing and having at least a pair of ramps spaced horizontally apart to define a vertical slot defined in part by an imperforate front surface of the external male member that extends between a first ramp and a second ramp of the at least pair of ramps, the vertical slot being capable of receiving a tool for unlocking the cover lock; and an external female member disposed on a second member of the electrical housing and that mates with the male member for locking the first member to the second member, the female member projecting outwardly of the second member and defining a passage between the female member and the imperforate front surface of the male member when the female member mates with the male member, the passage being capable of receiving the tool that is received in the vertical slot between the first ramp and the second ramp.