Patent ID: RE40600

Claim:
A cover plate for covering an electrical outlet, the electrical outlet including a receptacle having at least one socket and at least one securing aperture for receiving a securing device, each of the at least one socket including a face and a plurality of blade apertures for receiving plug blades, the cover plate comprising: a front surface for facing outwardly from the electrical outlet and externally relative to the cover plate and a back surface facing toward the electrical outlet; a plurality of blade apertures extending through the cover plate through the front and back surfaces and positioned in the cover plate so the blade apertures are in substantial alignment with the blade apertures of the at least one socket when the cover plate is affixed to the electrical outlet for receiving the plug blades; and at least one securing aperture extending through the cover plate through the front and back surfaces and positioned in the cover plate so the at least one securing aperture is in substantial alignment with a corresponding one of the at least one securing aperture of the receptacle when the cover plate is affixed to the electrical outlet for receiving the securing device and fixedly positioning the cover plate with respect to the receptacle; the front surface of the cover plate containing a single line extending substantially in a rectangle around the blade apertures and the at least one securing aperture, the line comprising an indented line indented relative to the remainder of the front surface, the front surface otherwise being continuous, having uniform topography, and being free of any other apertures; and the cover plate being a single component and being solid except for the blade apertures and the at least one securing aperture.