Face plate for securing a waterproof connection between electrical plug and receptacle

An electrical outlet receptacle connecting member comprising:

• an elongate boss defining an exterior surface with opposed first and second ends said first end of said boss being configured to be encased by a resilient waterproofing tubular member and a second end of said boss for sealingly communicating with a receptacle to prevent liquid from accessing a desired plug;
• opening means having an inner perimeter slightly larger than an exterior perimeter of a said desired plug, said opening means, being formed in said first end of said boss and being encompassed by said boss, for providing for an electrical connection between said desired plug and a said receptacle of an electrical outlet;
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• a resilient elongate tubular member formed from a single unitary piece of a substantially water impermeable material, said elongate tubular member having opposed first and second open ends, said first open end of said elongate tubular member having an inner perimeter smaller than an exterior perimeter of said boss and said second open end of said elongate tubular member having an inner perimeter smaller than an exterior perimeter of said desired plug whereby said first open end is resiliently expanded when said first open end encases said first end of said boss and said second open end is resiliently expanded when said second open end encases said desired plug so that said first and second open ends of said elongate tubular member intimately engage the exterior surface of said boss and said desired plug, respectively, thereby forming a substantially waterproof connection therebetween and minimizing the possibility that said desired plug will become disconnected from a said receptacle;
• wherein said second end of said boss is connected to a face plate, for an electrical outlet, sized to substantially cover a said electrical outlet to which said face plate is to be attached, and said face plate has means for securing said face plate to a said electrical outlet.

A method of achieving a substantially waterproof connection between a desired plug and a receptacle of an electrical outlet via an electrical outlet receptacle connecting member comprising an elongate boss defining an exterior surface with opposed first and second ends, said first end said boss being configured to be encased by a resilient waterproofing tubular member and a second end of said boss being configured to intimately communicate with said receptacle to prevent liquid from accessing said desired plug;

• opening means having an inner perimeter slightly larger than an exterior perimeter of a said desired plug, said opening means, being formed in said first end of said boss and being encompassed by said boss, for providing for an electrical connection between said desired plug and a said receptacle of an electrical outlet;
• and a resilient elongate tubular member formed from a single unitary piece of a substantially water impermeable material, said elongate tubular member having opposed first and second open ends, said first open end of said elongate tubular member having an inner perimeter smaller than an exterior perimeter of said boss and said second open end of said elongate tubular member having an inner perimeter smaller than an exterior perimeter of said desired plug whereby said first open end of said elongate tubular member is resiliently expanded when said first open end encases said first end of said boss and said second open end of said elongate tubular member is resiliently expanded when said second open end encases said desired plug so that said first and second open ends of said elongate tubular member intimately engage the exterior surface of said boss and said desired plug, respectively, thereby forming a substantially waterproof connection therebetween and minimizing the possibility that said desired plug will become disconnected from a said receptacle;
• said method comprising the steps of:
• applying said tubular member, in at least a partially rolled-up donut configuration, onto one of said first end of said boss and said desired plug;
• forming an electrical connection between said desired plug and a said receptacle via said opening means;
• unrolling said at least partially rolled-up tubular member from one of said boss and said plug to the other of said boss and said plug so that said tubular member is resiliently expanded and directly engages both the exterior surface of said boss and the exterior surface of said desired plug thereby forming a substantially waterproof connection therebetween.