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US 4,070,078 AGranted
Safety cover for an electrical outlet
AssigneeReliance Products Ltd.
InventorAnthony Chrones
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AssigneeReliance Products Ltd.
InventorAnthony Chrones
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The safety cover encloses an electric outlet to keep such outlet and the electrical plugs inserted therein out of reach of babies, infants and children of tender years to prevent injuries. It includes a plate mounted over the electrical outlet to expose the sockets and which has a pair of spaced apart latching elements. A pair of hollow closure elements are hingedly connected to the plate and are provided with spaced apart flexible abutments engageable with the latching elements for securing the closure elements against different areas of the plate to thereby enclose the sockets and electrical plugs. Babies and small children are not strong enough to release the closure elements and are thus prevented from touching the outlet and plugs. However, adults and grown children have sufficient strength and know-how and can remove the closure elements for the latched position by applying a force thereto which release the flexible abutments from the latching elements.
A safety cover for an electrical outlet having at least one electrical socket for receiving the plug end of an electrical cord, said cover comprising a plate adapted to be mounted against the electrical outlet, said plate having a front surface, a back surface and an opening extending through said surfaces for exposing the socket, the front surface of said plate having a pair of spaced apart latching elements, and a hollow closure element connected to said plate and extending across the front surface of said plate and the exposed socket, said closure element having thereon a pair of spaced apart abutments engageable with said latching elements for securing said closure element on said plate and thereby enclosing the socket, said closure element being provided at one edge thereof with an integral flexible hinge which includes an extension engageable with the back surface of said plate, said extension and said plate including means for removably connecting said closure element at the back surface of said plate.
A safety cover for an electrical outlet having a pair of electrical sockets for receiving the plug ends of electrical cords, said cover comprising a plate adapted to be mounted against the elctrical outlet, said plate having a front surface, a back surface and a pair of openings extending through said surfaces for exposing the sockets, the front surface of said plate having a pair of spaced apart latching elements, and a pair of hollow closure elements, said closure elements being connected to said plate and extending across adjacent portions of the front surface of the plate and the exposed sockets, each of the closure elements having thereon a pair of spaced apart abutments engageable with said latching elements for securing the closure element on said plate and thereby enclosing the corresponding socket, each of said closure elements being provided at one edge thereof with an integral flexible hinge which includes an extension engageable with the back surface of said plate, said extension and said plate including means for removably connecting the corresponding closure element at the back surface of said plate.
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