Horizontal and vertical weatherproof cover plate with non-compatible hinge pins
AssigneeTitan3 Technology LLC
InventorJeffrey P. Baldwin
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Abstract
An electrical outlet cover assembly with a base, a cover, and at least two hinge sets. The base is configured to surround an electrical device. The cover is configured to couple with the base to enclose and protect the electrical device. The hinge sets are each configured to separately couple the cover to the base. Each of the hinge sets includes a pin configured to couple with the base and the cover in an inserted position to couple the cover to the base. The pin head of each of the pins is sized and shaped to insert into a corresponding pin head cavity. Each of the pin heads may be a different size or shape from each other pin head. The pin of a first hinge set may have a diameter that is different from a diameter of the pin of a second hinge set.
Claims20
An electrical outlet cover assembly, comprising:
- a base configured to surround an electrical device;
- a cover configured to hingedly couple with the base to enclose and protect the electrical device;
- at least two hinge sets each configured to separately couple the cover to the base, wherein each of the at least two hinge sets includes a pin comprising a shaft, a pin head positioned on a first end of the shaft, and a channel formed into the shaft adjacent to a second end of the shaft opposite the first end, wherein the pin is configured to rotatably couple with the base and fixedly couple with the cover in an inserted position to hingedly couple the cover to the base;
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- at least one retainer having a clip configured to removably extend around the shaft of one of the pins of the at least two hinge sets within the channel and lock the pin in the inserted position;
- wherein the at least two hinge sets comprises a vertical hinge set configured to hingedly pivot the cover in relation to the base about a first hinge axis and a horizontal hinge set configured to hingedly pivot the cover in relation to the base about a second hinge axis perpendicular to the first hinge axis;
- wherein the pin of the vertical hinge set has a diameter that is different from a diameter of the pin of the horizontal hinge set;
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- wherein the pin head of each of the pins of the at least two hinge sets is sized and shaped to insert into a corresponding pin head cavity on the cover when the pin is in the inserted position, wherein each of the pin heads comprises a different size or shape from each other pin head of the at least two hinge sets.
An electrical outlet cover assembly, comprising:
- a base configured to surround an electrical device;
- a cover configured to couple with the base to enclose and protect the electrical device;
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- at least two hinge sets each configured to separately couple the cover to the base, wherein each of the at least two hinge sets includes a pin comprising a shaft and a pin head positioned on a first end of the shaft, wherein the pin is configured to couple with the base and the cover in an inserted position to couple the cover to the base;
- wherein the pin head of each of the pins of the at least two hinge sets is sized and shaped to insert into a corresponding pin head cavity on the base or the cover when the pin is in the inserted position, wherein each of the pin heads comprises a different size or shape from each other pin head of the at least two hinge sets;
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- further comprising a retainer having a clip configured to removably extend around the shaft of one of the pins of the at least two hinge sets and lock the pin in the inserted position.
An electrical outlet cover assembly, comprising:
- a base configured to surround an electrical device;
- a cover configured to couple with the base to enclose and protect the electrical device;
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- at least two hinge sets configured to separately couple the cover to the base, wherein each of the at least two hinge sets has a pin configured to couple with the base and the cover in an inserted position to couple the cover to the base;
- wherein the at least two hinge sets comprises a first hinge set and a second hinge set and wherein the pin of the first hinge set has a diameter that is different from a diameter of the pin of the second hinge set;
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- further comprising a retainer having a clip configured to extend around the shaft of one of the pins of the at least two hinge sets and lock the pin in the inserted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.