Patents by Inventor Stanley C. Burchell, Jr.

Stanley C. Burchell, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for restricting unauthorized access to electrical receptacles
    Patent number: 7462046
    Abstract: A receptacle shroud and shroud removal tool coact to selectively restrict unauthorized access to a channel-bound electrical receptacle. The receptacle shroud comprises a channel-engaging wall and a receptacle cover. The receptacle cover comprises a tool-receiving aperture. The channel-engaging wall is sized and shaped for snug insertion in a pedestal-bounding, structure-receiving channel. The channel-engaging wall is retained by friction forces at shroud-to-channel interfacing. The shroud removal tool comprises a shroud-engaging end and a handle end. The shroud-engaging end is insertable through the tool-receiving aperture. The handle end enables a user to manually impart shroud-removing forces to the shroud-engaging end, which shroud-engaging end transfers the shroud-removing forces to the receptacle shroud. The shroud-removing forces are operable to remove the channel-engaging wall from the structure-receiving channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Inventor: Stanley C. Burchell, Jr.