Weatherproof receptacle cover

Claim 1

IN A WEATHERPROOF COVER FOR AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET BOX AND A PLUG RECEPTACLE MOUNTED THEREIN, OF THE TYPE HAVING A PLATE ADAPTED TO BE FIXED TO THE BOX COVERING THE OPEN SIDE THEREOF, HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN THROUGH WHICH THE PLUG RECEPTACLE EXTENDS, AND HAVING A COVER MOUNTED ON THE PLATE AND EXTENDING OVER THE OPENING AND RECEPTACLE IN ONE POSITION THEREOF; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING; A PAIR OF SPACED APART OUTWARDLY EXTENDING EARS ON SAID PLATE; A PIN ON EACH SAID EAR; SAID PINS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF SAID PLATE, LYING ON A COMMON AXIS AND FACING EACH OTHER; A COVER EXTENSION LYING BETWEEN SAID PINS, SAID COVER EXTENSION BEING THICKENED AT EACH SIDE THEREOF FACING SAID EARS, EACH SAID THICKENED PORTION HAVING A SLOT EXTENDING PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF SAID PLATE WHEN SAID COVER IS IN CLOSED POSITION, SAID SLOTS BEING OPEN AT THE END REMOTE FROM SAID PLATE, EACH SAID PLATE PIN EXTENDING INTO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SLOTS TO THEREBY PIVOTALLY MOUNT SAID COVER ON SAID PINS; RESILIENT MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID COVER IN POSITION WITH SAID PINS SEATED AGAINST THE INNER CLOSED END OF SAID SLOTS IN SAID COVER EXTENSION AND A RIM EXTENDING AROUND SAID COVER MEMBER AND EXTENDING PERPENDICULAR TO THE FACE THEREOF AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE COVER PLATE WHEN THE COVER IS IN CLOSED POSITION, SAID RIM BEING OF GREATER EXTENT THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID THICKENED PORTIONS OF SAID COVER EXTENSION, THEREBY PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF SAID COVER WHILE IN CLOSED POSITION IN A DIRECTION TO RELEASE SAID PINS FROM SAID SLOTS.