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US 8,410,363 B1Granted
Tamper proof wallplate
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsJeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn, Iven Dieterle, Marcus J. Shotey
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Abstract
An electrical wall plate including a wall having a front surface and a rear surface with at least one opening, the opening sized to receive a face of a receptacle, a hinge secured to the front surface, a cover pivotally mounted to the front surface proximate the hinge, a latch located on the cover releaseably engaging the cover and selectively preventing pivotal movement of the cover.
Claims18
An electrical wall plate comprising:
- a body comprising a front surface and a rear surface with at least one opening, the at least one opening sized to receive a face of a receptacle;
- at least one cover hingedly coupled to the front surface of the body and pivotable between a closed position that covers the at least one opening and an open position the uncovers the at least one opening;
- a latch coupled to the at least one cover, the latch comprising opposing release mechanisms and one or more locking tabs that retract in response to compression of the opposing release mechanisms;
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- at least one locking aperture extending through the body and positioned to engage with the one or more locking tabs when the at least one cover is in the closed position to prevent the at least one cover from pivoting to the open position unless the opposing release mechanisms are compressed to retract the one or more locking tabs.
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An electrical wall plate comprising:
- a body comprising a front surface and a rear surface with first and second openings, each of the opening sized to receive a receptacle face;
- a first cover hingedly coupled to the front surface of the body and pivotable between a closed position that covers the first opening and an open position that uncovers the first opening;
- a second cover hingedly coupled to the front surface of the body and pivotable between a closed position that covers the second opening and an open position that uncovers the second opening;
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- two latches, each latch coupled to a different cover of the first and second covers and each comprising opposing release mechanisms and one or more locking tabs, the one or more locking tabs configured to retract in response to compression of the opposing release mechanisms and engage with the body when the first and second covers are in the closed position and the release mechanisms are not compressed.
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An electrical wall plate, comprising:
- a body comprising at least one opening sized to receive a face of a receptacle;
- at least one cover hingedly coupled to body and pivotable between a closed position that covers the at least one and an open position that uncovers the at least one opening;
- a latch coupled to the at least one cover, the latch comprising opposing release mechanisms on a first side of the at least one cover and one or more locking tabs on a second side of the at least one cover opposite the first side, the one or more locking tabs responsive to compression of the opposing release mechanisms to move to a retracted position;
- at least one locking aperture extending through the body and positioned to engage with the one or more locking tabs when the at least one cover is in the closed position and the opposing release mechanisms are not compressed to prevent pivoting of the at least one cover from the closed position to the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.