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US 2014/0209502 A1Published application
Electrical Component Cover for Protecting Wildlife
AssigneeKaddas Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsJames J. Kaddas, David E. Miller
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Abstract
An electrical component cover may include a first portion and a second portion which are hingedly attached to one another and at least one projection extending from one of the first portion and the second portion. A locking member engages the at least one projection so as to hold the first portion and second portion together to cover an electrical component disposed in a void defined by the first portion and the second portion.
Claims19
An electrical component cover comprising:
- a body having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and second portion being attachable to one another so as to form a void and so as to pivot toward and away from one another so as to have a first, opening position wherein an electrical component may be moved into the void, and a second, closed position for maintaining the electrical component in the void, the body further comprising at least one projection;
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- a locking member disposed in communication with the body, the locking member engaging the at least one projection and being rotatable between a first position wherein the locking member does not forcefully engage the at least one projection so that the body may be in the first, open position, and a second position wherein the locking member engages the projection and maintains the body portion in the second, closed position.
An electrical component cover comprising:
- a body having a first portion and a second portion hingedly attached to one another, the first portion and the second portion defining a void for receiving an electrical component;
- a pair of projections extending from the first portion and the second portion and disposed functionally on the opposite side of the hinge from the first portion and second portion;
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- a locking member disposed in communication with the pair of projections, the locking member being rotatable between a first position, wherein the pair of projections can move toward each other, and a second position wherein the locking member engages the projections so as to limit the ability of the projections to move toward one another.
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A method for protecting a component of an electrical system, the method comprising:
- selecting a body having a first portion and a second portion which come together to define a void, the first portion and the second portion being hingedly attached, and a pair of projections extending from the first portion and the second portion with a locking member which selectively engages the pair of projections, the first portion and the second portion having a first, open position and a second, closed position;
- rotating the locking member to engage the projections to hold the projections away from one another and thereby hold the first portion and the second portion in engagement with one another in a second, closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.