Abstract: An electric contact means of an illuminating device embodied into electric oulet cover plates. The electric illuminating device is connected electrically to two thin electrical conducting bifurcated blades with spring properties. The open ends of the bifurcated blades are located behind a feed slot and neutral slot in the cover plate that correspond in location to the same slots in the electric outlet. When the cover plate is installed on an electric outlet the closed ends of the two bifurcated blades are automatically inserted into the corresponding feed and neutral slots of the electric outlet making electric contact for the device embodied in the cover plate. The two thin bifurcated blades permit adequate space for normal insertion of electric appliance plugs between the bifurcated blades. Where there is more than one outlet provision, the other outlet provisions are merely corresponding openings in the cover plate that permit appliance plugs to be inserted through the cover plate into the wall outlet.

Abstract: An illuminated electrical outlet cover plate having an illuminating device mounted on the plate and connected electrically to tentacular electrical conductors located and designed in such a manner as to automatically make the necessary and proper electrical contact with the heads of the feed and ground terminal screws and/or ground bracket. The multiple tentacular electrical contact design for supplying electrical power to the illuminating device has no moving parts, except the spring properties of the tentacular conductors and is the novel and new feature that permits the flexibility and adaptability necessary for installation to all conventional electrical outlets regardless of manufacturer. The novel tentacular contact design for supplying electrical power to the illuminating device on the cover plate makes installation as simple as installing a non-illuminated cover plate.