Electrical Fitting and Safety Cover

摘要

A safety cover for a socket or switch has a frame arranged to extend on three sides of a rectangular faceplate of the socket or switch and a cover panel hinged to the frame for pivotal movement towards and away from a position in which the cover panel conceals the faceplate. The frame is of U-shape and defines an opening in which the faceplate is received. The frame has inwardly directed lips contiguous with a rear face of the frame that locate behind the faceplate on opposite sides of the opening clear of the fixing screws used to secure the faceplate to a mounting box. The safety cover can be fitted by partially releasing the screws and sliding the lips under the faceplate as the frame is positioned around the faceplate and then tightening the screws to secure the faceplate and hold the frame in place by securing the lips under the faceplate.

主权项

1. A method of connecting and using a safety cover for a socket including a front plate connected to a rear box using one or more screw-headed bolts, comprising the steps of:
loosening, but not removing, the one or more screw-headed bolts connecting the front plate to the rear box; moving the front plate outward away from the rear box so that a frame included with the safety cover can be slid onto the front plate; sliding the frame onto the front plate so that a lip included with the frame is disposed between the front plate and the rear box; and tightening the one or more screw-headed bolts so that the front plate is connected to the rear box with the lip from the frame gripped between the front plate and the rear box.