US Patent Issued to ABB SCHWEIZ on Oct. 20 for "Solid articulating cover with side shields for electrical outlet box" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,107, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Solid articulating cover with side shields for electrical outlet box" was invented by Kevin Jolly (Cordova, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor electrical outlet assembly can include a cover assembly configured to be installed over a surface of the housing of the outlet assembly. The cover assembly can include a cover that can rotate from a closed configuration to an open configuration. When the cover is in the open configuration, a portion of the cover can be disposed in an opening of a wall, which can prevent breakage of the cover. Cover assem...