Electrical outlet wall plate configured for cable retention

An injection mold comprising:

• a top, a bottom, and slides, wherein the top, the bottom, and the slides are placed and installed to form a cavity configured to receive liquid, injected material, the cavity having a shape defined by an electrical outlet wall plate configured for cable retention, the wall plate comprising:
• a front and back side;
• one or more openings having a shape configured to receive an electrical outlet socket protrusion;
• one or more holes having a shape configured to receive a fastener, the fastener configured to fasten the wall plate to an electrical outlet;
• one or more hybrid cleats projecting from the front side of the wall plate, each of said one or more hybrid cleats comprising two horns extending from the front side of the wall plate in opposite directions at an angle with respect to the front side of the wall plate so as to define a tapered space between one of the two horns and the front side of the wall plate, the tapered space being the widest at a top end of one of the two horns and tapering to the narrowest at a bottom end of one of the two horns, the tapered space configured to receive an electrical cable, the electrical cable being held in the tapered space between one of the two horns and the front side of the wall plate;
• and four edges defining a rectangular perimeter of the wall plate, wherein the two horns of the hybrid cleat are one of:
• parallel to a top edge and nearer to the top edge than the bottom edge;
• parallel to a bottom edge and nearer to the bottom edge than the top edge;
• parallel to a left edge and nearer to the left edge than the right edge;
• or parallel to a right edge and nearer to the right edge than the left edge.

A method of manufacturing an electrical outlet wall plate configured for cable retention, the method comprising:

• receiving source material in a solid state;
• heating the source material into a liquid state;
• and
• injecting the liquid source material into a mold cavity, the mold cavity having a shape defined by an electrical outlet wall plate configured for cable retention, the wall plate comprising:
• a front and back side;
• one or more openings having a shape configured to receive an electrical outlet socket protrusion;
• one or more holes having a shape configured to receive a fastener, the fastener configured to fasten the wall plate to an electrical outlet;
• one or more hybrid cleats projecting from the front side of the wall plate, each of said one or more hybrid cleats comprising two horns extending from the front side of the wall plate in opposite directions at an angle with respect to the front side of the wall plate so as to define a tapered space between one of the two horns and the front side of the wall plate, the tapered space being the widest at a top end of one of the two horns and tapering to the narrowest at a bottom end of one of the two horns, the tapered space configured to receive an electrical cable, the electrical cable being held in the tapered space between one of the two horns and the front side of the wall plate;
• and
• four edges defining a rectangular perimeter of the wall plate, wherein the two horns of the hybrid cleat are one of:
• parallel to a top edge and nearer to the top edge than the bottom edge;
• parallel to a bottom edge and nearer to the bottom edge than the top edge;
• parallel to a left edge and nearer to the left edge than the right edge;
• or
• parallel to a right edge and nearer to the right edge than the left edge;
• and
• removing, from the mold after the liquid source material is cooled to a predefined temperature, the electrical outlet wall plate.