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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Peter A. Vrame, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
S-P Products, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Abstract
For an electrical box mounting an electrical device, and having a plaster ring, has a projecting portion defining an aperture providing access to the electrical device, a protective cover is mountable removably to the plaster ring so as to cover the aperture, whereby to protect the electrical device while an aperture accommodating the projecting portion of the plaster ring is cut into the wall panel or while the wall panel is being decorated. In one contemplated embodiment, the protective cover is made from steel and has a window, which has a transparent sight made from a transparent, polymeric material. In another contemplated embodiment, the protective cover in its entirety is made from such a transparent, polymeric material.