Base clip with snap fit features for assembly of shutter assembly for tamper resistant electrical receptacle

A base clip for a tamper resistant shutter assembly for an electrical receptacle having a receptacle cover, the base clip comprising:

• a main body that is planar in a width dimension and a height dimension, the main body including a hot opening and a neutral opening structured to respectively receive the hot prong and neutral prong of an electrical plug, the hot opening and neutral opening being spaced apart from one another in the width dimension;
• a coupling mechanism, the coupling mechanism including:
• a coupling base;
• and
• two coupling legs;
• a wedge arm, the wedge arm including a wedge arm snap lock protrusion;
• and
• a U-ended arm, the U-ended arm including a U-ended arm snap lock protrusion,
• wherein the base clip has a front side and a rear side, the front side being disposed in a frontward direction relative to the rear side and the rear side being disposed in a rearward direction relative to the front side,
• wherein the frontward direction and the rearward direction are disposed in a depth dimension,
• wherein the depth dimension, width dimension, and height dimension are all orthogonal to each other,
• wherein the base clip is structured to be coupled to the receptacle cover with the front side facing the receptacle cover,
• wherein the base clip is structured to be coupled to the receptacle cover by aligning the base clip with the receptacle cover and exerting a pushing force in the frontward direction on the receptacle cover, and
• wherein the wedge arm and U-ended arm are structured such that, when the pushing force is exerted on the receptacle cover, the wedge arm snap lock protrusion and the U-ended arm snap lock protrusion respectively snap fit into engagement with a first depression and a second depression formed in the receptacle cover, and
• wherein the base clip is structured such that the respective engagement between the wedge arm and the U-ended arm with the first depression and the second depression fixedly couples the base clip to the receptacle cover.