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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1981
Filed:
May. 16, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fredric M Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174 67 ; 339 36 ; 339 41 ;
Abstract
A wall electrical outlet protector for children which is integral with or mountable on an electric outlet wall plate which includes doors swingable in the plane of the wall against a return spring bias to an open position to allow access to the wall outlet. Interengaging edges present prying of the doors away from the unit and optional detents may be utilized to provide resistance to opening of the doors. The protector may be easily applied without disturbing the electrical wiring but can only be removed by the unscrewing of the plate retention screw using a screwdriver.