Temporary protective cover for an electrical box

A temporary protective cover for an electrical box, said electrical box including an interior cavity, an open front end in communication with the interior cavity and a plurality of threaded bores, said cover having a longitudinal axis and comprising:

• (a) a plate sized and shaped to enclose the open front end of said electrical box, said plate being generally rectangular in shape and including a top surface, a bottom surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, a right side edge and a left side edge, each one of said side edges having an overall length of about 3.73 inches, and
• (b) a pair of flexible wings which extend down from the bottom surface of said plate, said pair of wings being adapted to secure said cover onto said electrical box,
• (c) wherein said first wing is spaced in from the left side edge of said plate and said second wing is spaced in from the right side edge of said plate and wherein each wing includes an inner face which is facing one of said side edges of said plate,
• (d) a plurality of pins positioned so that they can be press fit into the threaded bores in the electrical box, and
• (e) a plurality of posts for limiting displacement of the temporary protective cover in a direction parallel to its longitudinal axis when said temporary protective cover is mounted on said electrical box.

A protective cover for an electrical box, said electrical box including an interior cavity defined by a pair of side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall and an open front end, said electrical box having a plurality of threaded bores for receiving electrical receptacle mounting screws, said cover comprising:

• (a) a plate sized and shaped to enclose the open front end of said electrical box, said plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of side edges, a front edge and a rear edge,
• (b) a pair of flexible wings formed onto said plate and extending rearwardly from the bottom surface of the plate, and
• (c) a plurality of pins extending downward form the bottom surface of the plate at an angle of about 90 degrees to said plate, said pins being four sided, each pin tapering inward from its inner end to its outer end,
• (d) wherein, the flexible wings upon insertion into the interior cavity of said electrical box will frictionally engage the inside surfaces of the sidewalls of the electrical box to exert a force to hold the protective cover to the electrical box with the plate seated on the front edge of the top wall, the front edge of the bottom wall and the front edge of each one of the side walls enclosing the open front end of the electrical box while at the same time each one of the plurality of pins being sized and shaped so that they will extend into and be press fit into a different one of said threaded bores in said electrical box so as to further hold said protective cover to the outlet box and also to limit longitudinal and lateral movement of said protective cover relative to said electrical box.