Electrical outlet safety fixture

Claim 1

An electrical wall outlet protective fixture which is detachably mountable to an existing electrical plug receptacle comprising: (a) a rectangular back wall member configured to substantially overlie the plug receptacle; (b) a retention pin adapted to affix said back wall member to said receptacle; (c) four essentially flat walls extending outwardly from the periphery of said back wall member providing two opposing side walls, a top wall, extending outwardly from said back wall member a distance greater than said side walls and a bottom wall extending outwardly from said back wall member a distance greater than said side walls; (d) an open portion provided in said bottom wall and of a sufficient size to permit the passage of at least one electrical plug power cord; (e) at least one opening in said back wall member adapted to provide access to the receptacle sockets; (f) at least one pair of studs affixed one each on each inside face of said side walls at a location across from one another and protruding towards one another; (g) a separate cover member having two essentially flat sides spaced apart and held apart by a third front side sized so that the cover flat sides will abut in close proximity to the outwardly extending vertical edges of said side walls extending from said back wall member, and (h) at least one pair of latching elements affixed diametrically across on the edge of the inside face of each of said flat sides of the cover member and extending partially beyond thereof, said latching elements being adapted to fit and detachably lock with said paired studs, when the said cover member is slipped into cooperative union with said four flat walls extending outwardly from said back wall member.