Abstract: A cord protector with at least one elongated body and at least one coupler. The elongated body has a base with a channel extending between a first end and a second end. The elongated body has a lid configured to be inserted into and cover the channel. A pillar may extend up from the floor of the channel to support the lid when the lid is inserted into the channel. The elongated body has a cavity separate from the channel disposed in the first end below the channel. An aperture extends through a portion of the base within the cavity adjacent to the first end. A leading end of the coupler is configured to mate with the first end of the elongated body and has a tab that is configured to extend into the aperture when the leading end is mated with the first end of the elongated body.

Abstract: A powered wall plate with a wall plate, an electrical circuit, at least one light, and a touch-sensitive control switch. The wall plate has at least two electrical plug prongs extending rearward from the wall plate that are configured to receive power from an electrical device. The electrical circuit is electrically coupled to the at least two electrical plug prongs. The at least one light is positioned on the wall plate and is electrically coupled to the electrical circuit. The touch-sensitive control switch is electrically coupled to the at least one light and is configured to control the supply of power from the electrical device to the at least one light. The touch-sensitive control switch is configured to respond when a user contacts the touch-sensitive control switch.

Abstract: A switch cover with an electrical switch, a housing, a cover plate, and at least two screw bosses. The electrical switch is configured to toggle between an on position and an off position. The housing is configured to couple with the electrical switch. The cover plate is configured to pivotably couple with the housing and cover a switch opening extending through the housing. The cover plate is configured to operatively couple with the electrical switch such that when the cover plate is moved to a first position, the electrical switch moves to the on position and when the cover plate is moved to a second position, the electrical switch moves to the off position. A tortuous path for contaminants to enter the housing may be created by a lip configured to insert between an external ridge and an internal ridge when the cover plate is coupled with the housing.

Abstract: A powered wall plate comprising a wall plate, at least two electrical connectors, an electrical circuit, and an electrical feature. The wall plate has a front surface opposite a rear surface and at least one opening sized to expose a first electrical receptacle of an electrical device. The at least two electrical connectors originate within the wall plate and extend rearward from the rear surface. The electrical circuit is located between the front surface and the rear surface. The electrical feature is exposed on the wall plate and is configured to receive power from the at least two electrical connectors through the electrical circuit.

Abstract: A ceiling fan brace bracket assembly with a bracket, at least two holes, at least one first screw, and at least one second screw. The bracket has a channel that opens toward a bottom of the bracket and at least one lip that extends along the channel. The channel is sized and shaped to extend around a ceiling fan brace. The at least two holes extend through the at least one lip, and each of the at least two holes is configured to align with a corresponding screw hole in an electrical box. The at least one first screw is a press-fit screw and is configured to extend downward through a first hole of the at least two holes. The at least one second screw is configured to extend upward through a second hole of the at least two holes.

Abstract: An electrical outlet cover with a lid having an adjustable enclosure. The electrical outlet cover includes a base coupled to an electrical outlet and a hinged lid. The lid includes a frame with a central aperture and a gasket with a sealing edge surrounding the central aperture. The enclosure is slidably coupled to the lid within the central aperture and is configured to move between a collapsed position and an extended position. The enclosure has a front wall, a side wall extending rearward from the front wall, and a ledge extending outward from the side wall. The side wall of the enclosure has a first groove and a second groove. When the enclosure is in the collapsed position, the sealing edge of the gasket is in the first groove and when the enclosure is in the extended position, the sealing edge of the gasket is in the second groove.

Abstract: A pop-up power system with a hollow tower to support an electrical receptacle. The lid includes a lid locking mechanism, and the tower being rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A mounting sleeve receives the tower body through it and includes a locking mechanism alignable with the lid locking mechanism. A liner is positioned between the tower body and the mounting sleeve, the liner comprising a groove for the guide pin in an interior surface of the liner which surrounds and slideably engages the body and is rotatably connected to the mounting sleeve. A biasing element biases the lid of the tower away from the liner and is configured to slide between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to a mounting surface so that it has an extended locked position and an extended unlocked position, a retracted locked position and a retracted unlocked position.

Abstract: An electrical box cable clamp with a main body having a gap extending from a top end to a bottom end, a clamp wall, a plurality of clips, and a clamp arm structure having a wedge shape formed therein. The main body is configured to provide a pathway for an electrical cable through a wall opening in a wall of an electrical box. The cable clamp has a screw that is configured to move the clamp arm structure towards the clamp wall to grip the electrical cable. As the clamp arm structure is moved towards the clamp wall, the wedge shape is configured to increase the diameter of the main body, securing the cable clamp in the wall opening. The plurality of clips are configured to snap onto and hold the cable clamp to an edge of the wall opening of the electrical box.

Abstract: A wire connector includes an outer shell with a wire cavity therein, a plurality of raised ribs on the surface of the outer shell, each of the raised ribs having a rib cap overmolded on to a top surface with a gap between the rib cap corresponding to each of the raised ribs and the rib cap corresponding to each adjacent raised rib. Two leverage wings may extend outward from the outer shell on opposing sides. A wire skirt may be overmolded around the open end of the outer shell, the wire skirt and plurality of rib caps formed of a material more flexible than a material used to form the outer shell. A wing rib may be overmolded onto a portion of the first side of each leverage wing. A base of the wire connector may include texture in the form of raised grip bumps of various shapes.

Abstract: An electrical box comprising an adjustable voltage divider may include a housing comprising an inner surface and ribs or threads integrally formed on the inner surface of the rectangular housing. A voltage divider plate may be disposed within the housing with vertical edges of the voltage divider plate extending along and held in place between the ribs or threads integrally formed on the inner surface of the housing, the voltage divider plate dividing the housing into a high voltage area and a low voltage area. The voltage divider plate area may comprise a plurality of horizontal guide lines vertically offset from each other, and a plurality of vertical guide lines horizontally offset from each other and intersecting the plurality of horizontal score lines. Upper outer corners of the voltage divider plate may be inwardly disposed from the vertical edges of the voltage divider plate.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle with a receptacle body, at least one friction pad within the receptacle body between two plug prongs when the electrical plug is coupled with the electrical receptacle, a cam within the receptacle body and having a cam body with an oval-shaped cross section configured to force the friction pad towards a plug prong while a cam lever is in an engaged position, and release the force when the cam lever is in a disengaged position. An actuator is exposed on a surface of the receptacle body and operatively coupled to the cam lever to manually rotate the cam lever to the engaged position. When the cam lever is in the engaged position and the electrical plug is coupled with the electrical receptacle, a withdrawal force required to remove the electrical plug from the electrical receptacle is greater than when the cam lever is in the disengaged position.

Abstract: An electrical wall plate may include one or more of the following features. A face plate comprising at least one electrical device opening extending through the face plate. At least one box mounting screw opening configured to receive at least one box mounting screw to fasten the face plate to an electrical device. A power connector extending in a direction away from the face plate and configured to connect with the electrical device. A camera integrated with the face plate and in electrical connection with the power connector and configured to operate by power obtained from the electrical device when the power connector is connected to the electrical device. A camera movement control feature may comprise externally-engageable components coupled to the face plate and configured to movably position the camera or a camera lens by pan or tilt to point in different directions.

Abstract: An electrical outlet cover with a lid having an adjustable enclosure. The electrical outlet cover includes a base coupled to an electrical outlet and a hinged lid. The lid includes a frame with a central aperture and a telescoping enclosure with a flange at a front edge of a sleeve, the flange extending outward from the sleeve. The sleeve may include a ledge extending outward from the sleeve adjacent a back edge of the sleeve on at least two sides of the sleeve. The sleeve is slidably coupled within the central aperture and movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position. A front surface of the sleeve enclosure may include a window that extends forward of the sleeve walls and may further bulge forward of the front surface.

Abstract: A self-leveling floor mounted electrical outlet assembly may include a cylindrical housing with a threaded inner surface. A mounting frame may be rotatably coupled to the threaded inner surface of the cylindrical housing to adjustably position the mounting frame within the housing and provide for a rough elevation adjustment of an electrical receptacle or wiring device. The mounting frame may further comprise a first portion or outer disk comprising an edge mateably coupled with the threaded inner surface of the cylindrical housing, and a second portion or yoke support comprising at least one threaded fastener extending from the second portion to the threaded opening, the at least one threaded fastener coupled to the threaded opening to adjustably position the second portion with respect to the first portion and configured to provide for a fine elevation adjustment. A wiring device may be coupled to the second portion of the mounting frame.

Abstract: An electrical outlet for attachment to an electrical box comprising an electrical outlet body, a plurality of screws, an electrical receptacle, and a camera. The electrical outlet body has a front face surrounded by a top surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces, and at least two yokes extending away from the body configured to align with box mounting screw apertures of an electrical box. The plurality of screws extends away from the two side surfaces and each is configured to couple with at least one of a plurality of electrical wires and provide power to the electrical outlet. The electrical receptacle is located on the front face and configured to provide power to an electrical plug. The camera is exposed on the front face, aligned with the electrical receptacle, and configured to generate video data, and transmit the video data to an external device.

Abstract: A powered wall plate with a rear frame and a front cover plate. The rear frame is configured to couple with an electrical device and may have a rear frame central aperture extending through the rear frame, terminal connectors extending away from the rear frame adjacent to the rear frame central aperture and configured to electrically couple with the electrical terminals on the electrical device, an electrical circuit electrically coupled to the terminal connectors and configured to power an electrical feature in the powered wall plate, and a screw aperture configured to receive a screw and couple the rear frame to the electrical device. The front cover plate is configured to attach to the rear frame and cover the rear frame and the screw aperture. The front cover plate has a front cover central aperture that is configured to align with the rear frame central aperture.

Abstract: An electrical junction box cover plate assembly with an electrical junction box and a cover attachment bar. Each end of the cover attachment bar has an attachment screw aperture that aligns with a mounting screw aperture of the electrical junction box. A cover plate has an upper side with a cavity, an annular lip extending inward into the cavity, and at least two entry ports extending through the annular lip, each configured to receive one of the two ends of the cover attachment bar. When the ends of the cover attachment bar are inserted into the entry ports, the cover plate is rotatable with respect to the cover attachment bar and the electrical junction box to interlock extensions of the two ends with the annular lip of the cover plate to conceal the electrical junction box, the cover attachment bar, and the screws.