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US 2013/0092516 A1Published application
Security cover plate for light switch
OwnerRobin A. Rayinventor
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Abstract
An light switch cover plate constructed of a durable and ruggedized break-resistant material that securely covers the light switch switching mechanism and includes, uniquely keyed mounting members, and a uniquely keyed switching implement operably connected to a switching lever to effect switching on and off the light switch switching mechanism.
Claims5
An apparatus comprising:
- a cover plate assembly adapted to be securely mounted over a light switch where a facing front wall of said cover plate assembly includes an outwardly protruding switch cavity wall portion forming a posterior facing hollow interior switch cavity sufficiently sized to receive an electromechanical switch device therein and where said cover plate assembly includes a control head extending from the front wall of said cover plate assembly and operatively connected to a mechanical implement located on the posterior side of the cover plate assembly to effect movement of said implement from a first position to a second position and from the second position to the first position.
An apparatus comprising:
- a cover plate assembly having a front accessible rotatable control knob connected by a transfer stem to a rotatable mechanical implement contained in a posterior recess of the cover plate assembly, where said posterior recess is of sufficient volume to receive a standard light switch cover plate therein, and where said mechanical implement has opposing u-shaped legs extending orthogonally from the mechanical implement with respect to the transfer stem such that the opposing u-shaped legs are positioned to straddle a standard light toggle switch when said cover plate assembly is mounted over the standard light switch cover plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.