Electrical wall receptacle cover

Claim 2

A cover for an elecTrical wall outlet receptacle comprising: an open face box having a bottom surrounded by sidewalls, a pedestal inside said box having a side spaced from the sidewalls of said box to provide plug clearance and having a top end face spaced from said bottom, at least two prongs on said pedestal projecting out of the open face of said box and spaced apart by a predetermined distance for insertion into the socket of a wall outlet receptacle; and at least one pair of apertures in said side of said pedestal spaced apart by said predetermined distance for receiving an electrical plug.

Claim 3

A cover for an elecTrical wall outlet receptacle comprising: an open face box having a bottom surrounded by sidewalls, a pedestal inside said box having a side spaced from the sidewalls of said box to provide plug clearance and having a top end face spaced from said bottom, at least two prongs on said pedestal projecting out of the open face of said box and spaced apart by a predetermined distance for insertion into the socket of a wall outlet receptacle; and at least one pair of apertures in said side of said pedestal spaced apart by said predetermined distance for receiving an electrical plug.

Claim 4

A cover for an elecTrical wall outlet receptacle comprising: an open face box having a bottom surrounded by sidewalls, a pedestal inside said box having a side spaced from the sidewalls of said box to provide plug clearance and having a top end face spaced from said bottom, at least two prongs on said pedestal projecting out of the open face of said box and spaced apart by a predetermined distance for insertion into the socket of a wall outlet receptacle; and at least one pair of apertures in said side of said pedestal spaced apart by said predetermined distance for receiving an electrical plug.

Claim 5

The cover of claim 1 wherein said apertures are ends of slots opening outwardly of said top end face of said pedestal.

Claim 6

The cover of claim 1 having cord clearance between all sides of said pedestal and the sidewalls of said box.

Claim 7

The cover of claim 1 having four prongs projecting out of said end face of said pedestal and by which the cover is secured to a wall receptacle.

Claim 8

The cover of claim 4 having plug clearance between opposite sides of said pedestal and the sidewalls of said box.

Claim 9

The cover of claim 1 wherein said pedestal has top and bottom end faces with the bottom end face being fixed to the bottom of said box, said pedestal having contact receiving recesses opening outwardly of said bottom end face of said pedestal and which are covered by the bottom of said box.

Claim 10

The cover of claim 6 wherein said bottom end face of said pedestal is cemented to said bottom of said box.

Claim 11

The cover of claim 6 having electrical connections between said prongs and contacts formed by a pair of identical stamped sheets, each sheet having a pair of longitudinally extending vertical strips connected at their bottom by a lateral strip, one of said longitudinally extending strips having spaced prongs projecting vertically therefrom, said strip having said prongs also having a first pair of longitudinally spaced contacts thereon, and said other strip having a second pair of contacts thereon correspondingly spaced relative to said first pair of contacts.

Claim 12

A cover for an electrical wall receptacle for receiving two pronged plugs the prongs of which have a predetermined spacing, said cover comprising: a shallow open face box having a bottom surrounded by sidewalls; a pedestal inside said box on said bottom having a top major surface and a side spaced from the sidewalls of said box to provide plug clearance, said pedestal being of a height substantially no greater than the thickness of a plug and said side and top forming a corner edge; a pair of slots extending downwardly from said top major surface through the corner edge and into said side of said pedestal adjacent said plug clearance, said slots being spaced apart by said predetermined distance for receiving an electrical plug; and an electrical contact in each of said slots for engaging an electrical plug, with respective ones of said contacts being connected to respective ones of said prongs.

Claim 13

A cover for an electrical wall receptacle for receiving two pronged plugs the prongs of which have a predetermined spacing, said cover comprising: a shallow open face box having a bottom surrounded by sidewalls; a pedestal inside said box on said bottom having a top major surface and a side spaced from the sidewalls of said box to provide plug clearance, said pedestal being of a height substantially no greater than the thickness of a plug and said side and top forming a corner edge; a pair of slots extending downwardly from said top major surface through the corner edge and into said side of said pedestal adjacent said plug clearance, said slots being spaced apart by said predetermined distance for receiving an electrical plug; and an electrical contact in each of said slots for engaging an electrical plug, with respective ones of said contacts being connected to respective ones of said prongs.

Claim 14

An electrical receptacle comprising: a housing having a bottom surface with two pair of apertures for receiving prongs of an electrical plug therein, said pairs of apertures being spaced apart by a predetermined distance, a pair of prongs projecting downwardly from said housing, and a pair of identical electrical connectors connecting said prongs with contacts in said apertures, each connector having a pair of longitudinally extending vertical strips integrally connected at the top of said vertical strips by a laterally bent strip, one of said vertical strips having a prong projecting vertically downwardly therefrom, said strip having said prong also having a first pair of contacts spaced apart by said predetermined distance, and said other vertical strip also having a pair of contacts spaced apart by said predetermined distance, one of said connectors being positioned with the contacts of said one of its strips in respective apertures of said pairs of apertures and the other of said connectors being positioned with the contacts of iTs other vertical strip positioned in the respective remaining apertures of said pairs of apertures, each identical electrical connector being bent out of a single piece of metal with the vertical strips and contacts being portions thereof that are bent generally at right angles to the plane of said laterally bent strip.

Claim 15

An electrical receptacle comprising: a housing having a bottom surface with two pair of apertures for receiving prongs of an electrical plug therein, said pairs of apertures being spaced apart by a predetermined distance, a pair of prongs projecting downwardly from said housing, and a pair of identical electrical connectors connecting said prongs with contacts in said apertures, each connector having a pair of longitudinally extending vertical strips integrally connected at the top of said vertical strips by a laterally bent strip, one of said vertical strips having a prong projecting vertically downwardly therefrom, said strip having said prong also having a first pair of contacts spaced apart by said predetermined distance, and said other vertical strip also having a pair of contacts spaced apart by said predetermined distance, one of said connectors being positioned with the contacts of said one of its strips in respective apertures of said pairs of apertures and the other of said connectors being positioned with the contacts of iTs other vertical strip positioned in the respective remaining apertures of said pairs of apertures, each identical electrical connector being bent out of a single piece of metal with the vertical strips and contacts being portions thereof that are bent generally at right angles to the plane of said laterally bent strip.