Active cover plates
AssigneeSnapRays LLC
InventorsJeremy C. Smith, R. Camden Robinson
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Abstract
An active cover plate includes a face plate, a load and an electrically insulated power extractor extending rearward from the face plate to interface with an electrical receptacle, wherein the power extractor extracts electrical power from the electrical receptacle to energize the load. A method for installing an active cover plate on an electrical receptacle is also provided.
Claims20
An active cover plate comprising:
- a face plate;
- a load;
- a first magnet;
- a first electrically insulated power extractor extending rearward from the face plate to tap electrical power from the electrical receptacle and energize the load;
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- the first electrically insulated power extractor tethering the first magnet to the face plate and comprising a fixed end fixed with respect to the face plate and an opposite free end connected to the first magnet.
A wall-plate system extending in longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions that are orthogonal to one another, the wall-plate system comprising:
- a face plate comprising a front and a back;
- electronic circuitry positioned adjacent the back of the face plate;
- a first magnet;
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- a first conductor tethering the first magnet to the electronic circuitry and having a fixed end fixed with respect to the electronic circuitry and a second, free end connected to the first magnet.
A lighting system extending in longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions that are orthogonal to one another, the lighting system comprising:
- an electrical device having first and second terminals;
- a face plate secured to the electrical device and comprising a front, a back, and at least one aperture, wherein the at least one aperture surrounds at least a portion of the electrical device that extends therethrough in the transverse direction;
- electronic circuitry positioned adjacent the back of the face plate, the electrical circuitry comprising at least one light;
- a first magnet held by magnetism in contact with the first terminal of the electrical outlet;
- a second magnet held by magnetism in contact with the second terminal of the electrical outlet;
- a first conductor tethering the first magnet to the electronic circuitry and having a fixed end fixed with respect to the electronic circuitry and a second, free end connected to the first magnet;
- a second conductor tethering the second magnet to the electronic circuitry and having a fixed end fixed with respect to the electronic circuitry and a second, free end connected to the second magnet;
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- the first and second conductors collectively tapping electrical power from the electrical device to energize the at least one light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.