Switch guard assembly
OwnerNicola Lore, Charles Di Pietroinventors
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Abstract
A switch guard assembly for preventing accidental actuation of a switch, the assembly including a switch plate and a box-shaped member mounted on the switch plate and having a front wall formed with a surface disposed substantially parallel to the switch plate, and the front wall being closed against access by the fingers of an operator's hand through the front wall to a switch actuator extending out of the switch plate, the box-shaped member having at least one fully open side for affording access to the switch actuator by the fingers of an operator's hand.
Claims12
A switch guard assembly for preventing accidental actuation of a switch, the assembly including a switch plate and comprising a box-shaped member mounted on the switch plate and having a front wall formed with a surface disposed substantially parallel to the switch plate, said front wall being closed against access by the fingers of an operator's hand through the front wall to a switch actuator extending out of the switch plate, said box-shaped member having at least one fully open side for affording access to the switch actuator by the fingers of an operator's hand.
A switch guard assembly for preventing accidental actuation of a switch, comprising a switch plate having a front surface, a box-shaped member having one open side engageable with the front surface of the switch plate, resilient tab means extending from at least two opposite sides of the box-shaped member in direction toward said open side thereof and yieldingly engageable in corresponding slots formed in said switch plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.