Cover arrangement for protecting electrical switches and outlets during application of a coating to a surrounding wall area
AssigneeQuikcap Labor Saver, Inc.
InventorBruce S. Paape
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Abstract
A cover arrangement for electrical switches and outlets includes a switch cover member and an outlet cover member. The switch cover member includes a planar masking wall and a mounting cavity configured to receive and frictionally engage a handle associated with a conventional electrical switch. An outlet cover member includes a masking wall in combination with a series of mounting walls that are configured to frictionally engage outwardly facing surfaces of an electrical outlet. The switch cover member and the outlet cover member may be packaged together.
Claims10
A cover arrangement for preventing application of a coating to wall-mounted electrical switches and outlets, comprising:
- a switch cover member having a switch masking wall and a cavity, wherein the cavity is defined by at least a pair of spaced apart walls that are configured to receive and releasably engage side surfaces of a linearly movable switch handle associated with an electrical switch to engage the switch cover member with the switch, and wherein the switch masking wall is configured to overlie outwardly facing areas of the electrical switch located adjacent the switch handle;
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- an outlet cover member having a outlet masking wall and a series of mounting walls configured to engage side surfaces of an electrical outlet for releasably securing the outlet cover member to the electrical outlet, wherein the outlet masking wall is configured to overlie outwardly facing areas of the electrical outlet located inwardly of the side surfaces of the electrical outlet, wherein the mounting walls include ribs configured for engagement with the outwardly facing areas of the electrical outlet.
A method of preventing application of a coating to wall-mounted electrical switches and outlets, comprising the acts of:
- providing a switch cover member having a switch masking wall and a cavity, wherein the cavity is defined by at least a pair of spaced apart walls that are configured to receive and releasably engage sides surfaces of a linearly movable switch handle associated with an electrical switch, and wherein the switch masking wall is configured to overlie outwardly facing areas of the electrical switch located adjacent the switch handle;
- providing an outlet cover member having an outlet masking wall and a series of mounting walls configured to engage side surfaces of an electrical outlet for releasably securing the outlet cover member to the electrical outlet, wherein the outlet masking wall is configured to overlie outwardly facing areas of the electrical outlet located inwardly of the side surfaces of the electrical outlet;
- wherein the mounting walls include ribs configured for engagement with the outwardly facing areas of the electrical outlet, selectively securing the switch cover member to the electrical switch by engaging the side surfaces of the switch handle with the pair of spaced apart walls defining the cavity of the switch cover member, and selectively securing the outlet cover member to the electrical outlet by engaging the mounting walls of the outlet cover member with the side surfaces of the electrical outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.