Electrical outlet attachment

Claim 1

A LOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR MOUNTING UPON AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET PLATE AND THE LIKE, HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A PLANAR PLATE PROVIDED WITH SIDE EDGES AND MEANS FOR SECURING THE PLANAR PLATE TO AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET PLATE AND THE LIKE, A BOX-LIKE COVER THE SIDE WALLS OF WHICH INCLINE CONVERGENTLY TOWARD ITS COVER SURFACE TO ENABLE OVERLAPPING CLOSING ACTION BETWEEN THE COVER SIDE WALLS AND THE SAID PLANAR-PLATE SIDE EDGES, MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN THE COVER CONNECTING ONE END OF THE COVER WITH THE ADJACENT END OF THE PLANAR PLATE TO ENABLE PIVOTAL CLOSING AND OPENING OF THE COVER AND TO CONCEAL THE HINGE MEANS WITHIN THE COVER, LOCKING MEANS DISPOSED TOWARD THE OTHER END OF THE COVER COMPRISING AN ECCENTRIC CAM ARM ROTATABLE IN A PLANE INTERSECTING THE INCLINED COVER SIDE WALL AT THE SIDE OTHER END OF THE COVER AT A REGION CLOSER TO THE SAID COVER SURFACE THAN TO THE PLANAR PLATE WHEN THE COVER IS CLOSED THEREUPON, AND AN L-SHAPED LOCKING CATCH FOR COOPERATING WITH THE LOCKING MEANS HAVING OUTWARDLY EXTENDING AND SUBSTANTIALLY-VERTICALLY EXTENDING ARMS, THE OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ARM PROTRUDING FROM THE PLANAR PLATE OUTWARD THEREFORM AT AN INCLINE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THAT OF THE SAID SIDE WALL AT THE SAID OTHER END OF THE COVER, FURTHER TO PERMIT AN OVERLAPPING CLOSING ACTION, THE LENGTH OF THE SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ARM OF THE SAID L-SHAPED CATCH BEING SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING ARM OF THE CATCH TO BE DISPOSED SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO THE SAID COVER SURFACE THAN THE CAM ARM ITSELF IN ORDER RESILIENTLY TO CATCH AND FORCE THE CAM ARM INTO LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING CATCH ARM, THEREBY SECURING THE COVER TO THE PLANAR PLATE WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL PLAY.