Configurable electrical outlet cover enclosure
OwnerJeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Kleininventors
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Abstract
An electrical outlet cover with a lid having an adjustable enclosure. The electrical outlet cover includes a base coupled to an electrical outlet and a hinged lid. The lid includes a frame with a central aperture and a telescoping enclosure with a flange at a front edge of a sleeve, the flange extending outward from the sleeve. The sleeve may include a ledge extending outward from the sleeve adjacent a back edge of the sleeve on at least two sides of the sleeve. The sleeve is slidably coupled within the central aperture and movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position. A front surface of the sleeve enclosure may include a window that extends forward of the sleeve walls and may further bulge forward of the front surface.
Claims19
A cover for an electrical outlet, comprising:
- a base comprising an electrical device aperture extending through the base sized large enough to receive a portion of an electrical device therethrough;
- a lid hingedly coupled to the base along a first side of the lid and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, the lid comprising a lid frame with a central aperture;
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- an enclosure slidably coupled to the lid frame within the central aperture and movable within the lid frame between a collapsed, not-in-use position and an extended, in-use position, the enclosure comprising:
- an enclosure side wall comprising a ledge extending outward from the enclosure side wall adjacent a back edge of the enclosure side wall, the enclosure side wall further comprising a leading edge distal to the back edge;
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- an enclosure front wall comprising a front surface and a window in the enclosure front wall, the window having a rear surface that curves forward in relation to the leading edge of the enclosure side wall.
A cover for an electrical outlet, comprising:
- a base comprising an electrical device aperture extending through the base sized large enough to receive a portion of an electrical device therethrough;
- a lid frame hingedly coupled to the base along a first side of the lid frame and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, the lid frame comprising a central aperture;
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- an enclosure slidably coupled to the lid frame within the central aperture and movable within the lid frame between a collapsed, not-in-use position and an extended, in-use position, the enclosure comprising:
- a continuous enclosure side wall comprising a ledge extending outward from the enclosure side wall adjacent a back edge of the enclosure side wall, the enclosure side wall further comprising a leading edge distal to the back edge;
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- an enclosure front wall coupled to the enclosure side wall, the enclosure front wall comprising a front surface, and a window in the enclosure front wall having a rear surface that extends forward of the leading edge.
A cover for an electrical outlet, comprising:
- a base comprising an electrical device aperture extending through the base sized large enough to receive a portion of an electrical device therethrough;
- a lid frame hingedly coupled to the base along a first side of the lid frame and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, the lid frame comprising a central aperture;
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- an enclosure slidably coupled to the lid frame within the central aperture and movable within the lid frame between a collapsed, not-in-use position and an extended, in-use position, the enclosure comprising:
- a continuous enclosure side wall comprising a ledge extending outward from the enclosure side wall adjacent a back edge of the enclosure side wall, the enclosure side wall further comprising a leading edge distal to the back edge;
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- an enclosure front wall coupled to the enclosure side wall, the enclosure front wall comprising a convex front surface curving outward from the continuous enclosure side wall and a curved rear surface,
- wherein the base further comprising a cord port aperture extending through a base side wall, and wherein when the enclosure side wall is in the collapsed, not-in-use position, the enclosure side wall blocks access from the cord port aperture to the aperture extending through the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.