Electrical device cover
AssigneeTayMac Corporation
InventorsMarcus J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn
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Abstract
An electrical device cover assembly with a base unit having an electrical box, where the electrical box has an electrical device opening on a front side of the electrical box. Particular implementations may include a cover plate slidably coupled into the electrical device opening of the electrical box over the electrical device. A sleeve may be slidably coupled into the electrical device opening and be slidable with respect to the cover plate. The sleeve may also have a sleeve mounting feature and at least one sleeve hinge member. A lid having at least one hinge member may be included with the lid coupled to the at least one sleeve hinge member by the at least one hinge member.
Claims25
An electrical device cover assembly comprising:
- a base unit comprising:
- an electrical box, the electrical box comprising a box sleeve mounting feature and an electrical device opening on a front side of the electrical box;
- an electrical device coupled into the electrical box;
- a cover plate slidably coupled into the electrical device opening of the electrical box over the electrical device, the cover plate comprising a sleeve mounting opening therethrough;
- a sleeve slidably coupled into the electrical device opening, the sleeve slidable with respect to the cover plate, the sleeve comprising at least one sleeve hinge member, and a sleeve mounting feature aligned with the sleeve mounting opening and the box sleeve mounting feature;
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- a lid comprising at least one lid hinge member, the at least one lid hinge member coupled to the at least one sleeve hinge member.
An electrical device cover comprising:
- a cover plate configured to mount within an electrical device opening of an electrical box such that a sleeve mounting opening of the cover plate aligns with a box sleeve mounting feature of the electrical box;
- a sleeve configured to slidably couple into the electrical device opening of the electrical box, the sleeve slidable with respect to the cover plate, the sleeve comprising a sleeve mounting feature configured to align with both the sleeve mounting opening of the cover plate and the box sleeve mounting feature of the electrical box, and at least one sleeve hinge member;
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- a lid comprising at least one lid hinge member, the at least one lid hinge member coupled to the sleeve hinge member.
A method of installing an electrical device cover, the method comprising:
- mounting an electrical box to a wall, the electrical box comprising a box sleeve mounting feature;
- coupling an electrical device into the electrical box;
- slidably coupling a cover plate into the electrical device opening of the electrical box over the electrical device such that a sleeve mounting opening of the cover plate aligns with the box sleeve mounting feature of the electrical box;
- sliding a sleeve comprising a sleeve mounting feature and at least one sleeve hinge member into the electrical box;
- coupling the sleeve to the electrical box through the sleeve mounting feature such that the sleeve mounting feature aligns with the sleeve mounting opening of the cover plate and the box sleeve mounting feature of the electrical box;
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- hingedly coupling a lid comprising at least one lid hinge member to the at least one sleeve hinge member through the at least one lid hinge member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.