Electrical outlet safety cover
OwnerJames Foxinventor
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Abstract
An electrical outlet safety cover for covering the electrical connectors or connections on the sides of an electrical outlet. The safety cover includes a first panel and a second panel that are spaced apart from one another and connected to one another by a connecting section. A closure strap having a connector for attaching the closure strap to one of the panels is attached to the first or second panel, so that the electrical connectors on the sides of the electrical outlet are covered by the first panel and the second panel while these panels are retained over the electrical connectors by the cooperation of the connecting section and the closure strap when the closure strap is attached to the second panel.
Claims15
An electrical outlet safety cover for covering the electrical connectors on the sides of an electrical outlet, the cover comprising:
- a first panel and a second panel, the first panel being spaced apart from the second panel, the first and second panels being connected to one another by a connecting section;
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- a closure strap, the closure strap having a first end and a second end, the second end of the closure strap having a connector for attaching second end of the closure strap to the second panel, so that the electrical connectors on the sides of the electrical outlet are covered by the first panel and the second panel, and the first panel and the second panel are retained over the electrical connectors by the cooperation of the connecting section and the closure strap when the closure strap is attached to the second panel.
An electrical outlet safety cover for covering the electrical connectors on the sides of an electrical outlet, the cover comprising:
- a first panel and a second panel, the first panel being spaced apart from the second panel, the first and second panels each having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and the first and second panels being connected to one another by a connecting section that extends from the leading edge of the first panel to the leading edge of the second panel;
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- a closure strap, the closure strap having a first end and a second end, the second end of the closure strap having a connector for attaching second end of the closure strap to the trailing edge of the second panel, so that the electrical connectors on the sides of the electrical outlet are covered by the first panel and the second panel, and the first panel and the second panel are retained over the electrical connectors by the cooperation of the connecting section and the closure strap when the closure strap is attached to the second panel.
A method for covering the electrical connectors on an electrical outlet that has been mounted on a section of building structure, the electrical outlet having a facade with at least one socket adapted for accepting an electrical plug and a pair of sides extending away from the facade, at least one of the sides having an exposed electrical connector, the method comprising:
- providing an electrical outlet safety cover for covering the electrical connectors on the sides of an electrical outlet, the cover comprising:
- a first panel and a second panel, the first panel being spaced apart from the second panel, the first and second panels being connected to one another by a connecting section;
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- a closure strap, the closure strap having a first end and a second end, the second end of the closure strap having a connector for attaching second end of the closure strap to the second panel;
- placing the first panel and the second panel over the electrical connectors on the sides of the electrical outlet are covered by the first panel and the second panel and so that the connecting section extends across the facade, and
- retaining the first panel and the second panel over the electrical connectors by attaching the second end of the closure strap to the second panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.