Illuminable wall socket plates
AssigneeSnapRays LLC
InventorDaniel A. Diotte
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Abstract
The invention relates generally to an illuminable wall socket plate for replacing existing wall socket plates in one simple installation step. The illuminable wall socket plate obtains electric current from a socket to power a light by connecting metal tabs on the back side of the illuminable wall socket plate to socket terminals, and transferring electric current from the socket terminals to a light in the wall socket plate through conductive material, in accordance with the invention described herein.
Claims20
A wall-plate system extending in longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions that are orthogonal to one another, the wall-plate system comprising:
- a wall plate comprising a front, a back, and at least one aperture, wherein the at least one aperture extends through the wall plate in the transverse direction and the back comprises at least one post extending rearward in the transverse direction;
- a back plate abutting the back of the wall plate and comprising a front, a back, and at least one aperture extending in the transverse direction through the back plate;
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- electronic componentry comprising at least one aperture extending therethrough and at least one tab comprising an electronically conductive material connected to the wall plate and extending rearward away from the back of the wall plate in the transverse direction,
- wherein a post of the at least one post extends in the transverse direction first through the at least one aperture in the electronic componentry and then through the at least one aperture in the back plate to secure the back plate to the wall plate with the electronic componentry between the back of the wall plate and the front of the back plate.
A wall-plate system extending in longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions that are orthogonal to one another, the wall-plate system comprising:
- a wall plate comprising a front, a back, and at least one fixture aperture extending therethrough in the transverse direction, wherein the back of the wall plate comprises at least one post extending rearward in the transverse direction;
- the wall plate further comprising an edge and a light aperture, wherein the edge forms one extreme of the wall-plate system and the light aperture extends through the edge;
- a back plate abutting the back of the wall plate and comprising a front, a back, and at least one aperture extending in the transverse direction through the back plate;
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- electronic componentry comprising a light source positioned proximate the light aperture, at least one aperture extending therethrough, and at least one tab comprising an electronically conductive material, the at least one tab connected to the wall plate and extending rearward away from the back of the wall plate in the transverse direction,
- wherein a post of the at least one post extends in the transverse direction first through the at least one aperture in the electronic componentry and then through the at least one aperture in the back plate to secure the back plate to the wall plate with the electronic componentry between the back of the wall plate and the front of the back plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.