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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Michael Elbaz, New York, NY (US);
Michael Elbaz, New York, NY (US);
Superflex, Ltd., Brooklyn, NY (US);
Abstract
A cover assembly for an outdoor electrical device includes a base having a rear wall with an adapter plate which surrounds the face of the device. A lid which is hinged to the base includes a front panel having an arched or curved contour. Projecting from the underside of the front panel is a grid of ribs having coplanar proximal edges. The distal face of a gasket seats against the proximal edges and the grid is open in a space behind a breakaway portion of the gasket. In the event the electrical device comprises a toggle switch, the breakaway portion is removed, leaving an opening such that the toggle switch lever can extend into the opening and, if necessary, into the open space, without distorting the proximal face of the gasket which seals against the rear wall when the lid is closed.