Snaprays, LLC

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Darren Charles Knight

Jeremy Cornell Smith

Martin R Johnson

R Camden Robinson

Phil Dietz

Richard Camden Robinson

Charles Bates

Beau Oyler

Sean Daniel Watkins

Julian Bagirov

Jeff Tung

Phillip Dietz

Jonathan Scott Jensen

D Scott Owen

Jesse J Leishman

A variety of active cover plate configurations with prongs configured to contact side screw terminals of electrical receptacles are described.

Active cover plates

A variety of active units that sense environmental variables and take various actions are described. In one embodiment, an active unit includes at least one sensor to detect a change in an environmental variable and generate a sensor signal and an action module configured to influence the environmental. The active unit may also include a communication module and a processor module configured to accept the sensor signal and determine if the environmental variable exceeds a threshold and to instruct the action module not to take action to influence the environmental variable, and instruct the communication module to transmit a signal to other active units that the environmental variable has exceeded the threshold.

Environment sensing active units

Active wall plate

Safety wall plate

USB wall plate

Light switch cover plate

In one example, a cover plate may include a face plate with at least one outlet aperture, a back plate abutting the back of the face plate, an electric load between the face plate and the back plate, and at least one prong that extends from the face plate to a free end. The prong may be configured to interface with a terminal on the side of an outlet receptacle body and may include any or all of the following: an insulated portion and/or an electrical contact. The prong may resiliently deflects outward when interfacing with the terminal and may deflect with a first resistance prior to contacting a wall and with a second resistance that is greater than the first resistance when the prong contacts the wall. The cover play may also include at least one conductor electrically connecting the prong to the electric load.

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Pleasant Grove, UT, United States of America

Darren Charles Knight