United States Patent [19] [n] Patent Number: 4,899,019
Riceman [45] Date of Patent: Feb. 6, 1990
U.S. Patent Feb. 6,1990 sheet 1 of 3 4,899,019
U.S. Patent Feb. 6,1990 Sheet 2 of 3 4,899,019
[54] SAFETY COVER FOR ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES
[75] Inventor: Robert G. Riceman, Roswell, Ga.
[73] Assignee: Donald J. Scheer, Atlanta, Ga.
[21] Appl. No.: 23,685
[22] Filed: Mar. 9, 1987
[51] Int. Q.4 H01R 13/447
[52] U.S. CI 174/67; 439/142
[58] Field of Search 74/66, 67; 220/241,
220/242; 439/136, 142
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
2,526,606 10/1950 Gregg 174/67
2,880,264 3/1959 Ruskin 174/67
2,916,733 12/1959 Hirsch 174/67 X
4,070,078 1/1978 Chrones 174/67 X
4,603,932 8/1986 Heverly 174/67 X
4,652,696 3/1987 Winnick 174/67
Primary Examiner—Arthur T. Grimley
Assistant Examiner—David A. Tone
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—James A. Hinkle
[57] ABSTRACT
A safety cover for preventing access to an electrical receptacle while the receptacle contains a plug includes a receiving plate and a box-shaped cover assembly which can be locked over the receiving plate. The cover assembly has a plurality of locking flanges each of which can be independently depressed and thereby moved in and out of means for receiving locking flanges located on the receiving plate. To remove the cbver assembly from the receiving plate, it is necessary to simultaneously depress each locking flange. Flangereleasing means are positioned on the cover assembly in a manner that renders small children incapable of reaching and depressing all the flanges simultaneously.
10 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
