Patents by Inventor Jeffrey P. Baldwin
Jeffrey P. Baldwin 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).
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Patent number: 7977572Abstract: An electrical device cover with a rotatable lid. An implementation of a weatherproof electrical device cover may include a base unit having a face, an electrical device aperture, and a box mounting screw aperture therethrough. A lid may be rotatably coupled to the base unit and rotate over the base unit in a plane substantially parallel with the base unit. The lid may cover the electrical device aperture of the base unit when the lid is closed over the base unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Richard L. Cleghorn, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 7977594Abstract: A weatherproof toggle switch cover adapter assembly comprises a cover plate adapted for placement over a toggle switch and coupling with an electrical junction box. A lever rotationally pivotably coupled with the cover plate is in mechanical communication with the toggle switch through a yoke. When the lever is moved to an on position, the toggle switch also moves to an on position. The yoke comprises two opposing tines defining a yoke spanning gap having a perimeter edge, the yoke spanning gap sized to straddle the toggle switch. An adapter ring comprising an external perimeter edge and an internal perimeter edge is interposed between the yoke and the toggle switch. The external perimeter edge is in communication with the perimeter edge of the yoke. The internal perimeter edge is inside two opposing tines and is disposed about an adapter spanning gap sized to straddle the toggle switch.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Thomas A. Miserendino, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 7967620Abstract: A safety outlet comprises an electrical outlet having both hot and neutral plug blade apertures each with respective output contacts and input contacts associated. A safety tab is disposed adjacent each of the respective output contacts and the input contacts and is positionable between a disengaged position and an engaged position. In the engaged position, the output contacts and the input contacts of the respective plug blade apertures are electrically isolated from each other. In the disengaged position, the output contacts and the input contacts of each of the respective plug blade apertures are in electrically conductive contact to complete a respective hot plug blade circuit and a respective neutral plug blade circuit to activate the respective hot and neutral plug blade apertures. The safety tabs are operatively responsive to move to its disengaged position when a plug blade is positioned within the respective aperture.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Marcus J. Shotey
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Patent number: 7968794Abstract: Particular implementations of electrical outlet cover comprise a base comprising a first opening allowing access to the electrical outlet, a first cover comprising a second opening allowing access to the electrical outlet, and a second cover covering the second opening. In particular implementations, the first cover and second cover have opening axes substantially perpendicular to each other. The second cover may be a flat cover or a while in use cover, and in particular implementations the first and second covers may be biased closed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 7939757Abstract: A split lid while-in-use electrical device cover is disclosed, including a base configured to couple to an electrical outlet, the electrical outlet being disposed within a wall, the base including an edge adjacent to the wall, and the edge including at least one hinge; a split lid configured to enclose the electrical outlet and including at least one swingable lid section, the swingable lid section joined to the base via the at least one hinge and swingable upon the at least one hinge; and a cord port in the split lid. The cord port may be a downwardly opening cord port or a rearwardly opening cord port. The device may also include a tab for opening and closing the device, a biasing mechanism for biasing the device closed, and a seam. Also disclosed is a method of protecting an electrical outlet using the split lid while-in-use electrical device cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Publication number: 20110067896Abstract: An adjustably mountable electrical device with one or more yokes coupled to the electrical device, at least one electrically conductive strap, and an electrical device face, wherein a distance between the electrical device face and at least one of the yoke, the strap and an electrical box mounting screw aperture is adjustable after the electrical device is mounted to the electrical box. The system may comprise mounting flanges that may have threaded hubs or the system may further comprise an electric device having front and back shells moveable on a track in response to depression of a button allowing for movement of the back shell so that the electric device may be mounted having its face coplanar with a front wall surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn, Nathaniel A. Falendysz, Marcus J. Shotey, Iven Dieterle, Thomas A. Miserendino
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Patent number: 7910828Abstract: A gangable electrical unit for positioning an electrical component beside an electrical outlet box includes a bracket having a wall structure that defines a front opening. First and second arms extend from the bracket. The first and second arms each include an attachment wall extending from a front edge of the bracket and a support wall extending from the bracket behind the attachment wall. The attachment wall includes an electrical box mounting aperture therethrough. The bracket is configured for attachment to an adjacent electrical device mounting box by aligning the electrical box mounting apertures of the first and second arms with electrical box mounting apertures of the adjacent electrical device box. In addition, a gap between the attachment walls of the first and second arms is larger than an outer wall height of the adjacent electrical device mounting box.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn
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Patent number: 7910826Abstract: A configurable electrical box comprises an electrical box having a wall structure that defines an internal space, a front open end, and a rear open end. The wall structure comprises at least one pair of opposing walls. In addition, at least two slots disposed through at least one wall of the pair of opposing walls. A dividing plate is slidably coupled with one of the at least two slots and is positionable between an engaged position and an unengaged position. The dividing plate is in contact with both of the pair of opposing walls when in the engaged position.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn, Thomas A. Miserendino, Bernie Noll, John Klein
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Patent number: 7820910Abstract: An electrical device cover with a lid coupled to a base assembly including an adapter that couples to the base through sliding lateral to the opening in the base. Particular implementations of an adapter include adapters with “L-” or other-shaped engagement tabs and adapters including straight, flat or pin-shaped engagement tabs. In particular implementations using an engagement tab, the adapter may be moved toward the base either before or after sliding parallel to the base surface, and thus engages with the base. In other implementations, the adapter is simply slid parallel to the base surface to engage with the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Richard Cleghorn, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 7695170Abstract: An outdoor swivel head spotlight is described. A light bulb hood comprises a reflector and base. The base comprises a spherical socket having an internal seat. A support arm comprising a spherical end and a distal end connected to the spherical end by a through conduit is provided. The spherical end is seated in the internal seat. An internally threaded nut comprising an inwardly projecting lip having an open interior diameter at least as large as the external diameter of the spherical end, is coupled with the spherical socket. A washer between the spherical end and the lip of the nut is provided. When the nut is in a loosened position, the hood may be positioned to a desired angular position and when the nut is in a tightened position, the washer presses the spherical end into the internal seat to fix the angular position of the light hood.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn
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Patent number: 7692107Abstract: A luggage case having a built in luggage scale is described. A first frame coupled to and substantially coextensive with a bottom wall of a luggage case is provided. The luggage case comprises a lid movable between open and closed positions, the lid being substantially parallel to the bottom wall. A second frame moveably coupled to and substantially parallel to the first frame is provided. At least one load sensor between the first frame and the second frame, the at least one load sensor configured to measure a weight of the luggage case is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 7683257Abstract: Implementations of an electrical cover plate assemblies feature a frame with a finished surface and at least one adapter plate recess in the finished surface. The adapter plate recess includes an electrical device aperture. An adapter plate couples with the frame at the adapter plate recess and is sized to fill the adapter plate recess substantially from its extents at least approximately to an edge of the electrical device aperture.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Richard Cleghorn, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Edgar W. Maltby, Lincoln Jolley
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Patent number: 7674974Abstract: A plurality of siding flange implementations comprising weatherproof siding flanges combined with an electrical wall box or a while-in-use electrical cover. The siding flange may be integrally formed with the electrical wall box or removably coupled to the electrical wall box, for example, on an inside surface of the box. The siding flange may comprise weight reducing pockets separated by strengthening ribs. The siding flange may also comprise a lip extending forward of the siding flange and having one or more grooves therein. The grooves may allow portions of the lip to be removed to adapt to varying siding material thickness.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Michael J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 7633009Abstract: A safety outlet cover that includes a cover with a front face including plug blade apertures. The safety cover may include a cover with a front face where the front face is configured to cover the face of an electrical device except for a plurality of plug blade apertures therethrough. The cover also may include a mounting plate, a frame and a spring element formed as a single piece where the mounting plate includes a receptacle face aperture. When the cover and mounting plate are coupled at a rest position, the cover is configured to cover a plug blade socket in a receptacle face. In a particular implementation, a spring element of the mounting plate is formed as a single piece with the frame and within the frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 7619163Abstract: A cover for electrical devices is disclosed. Particular implementations include an electrical device cover configured to mount over an electrical device includes a lid having a flexible membrane. The lid is coupled by a hinge to a base and the cover includes a cord port in an edge of a surface of the cover. The lid is configured to expand through the flexible membrane to an expanded position to accommodate an electrical connector coupled with the electrical device. The lid may also be configured to reduce in depth as the lid retracts from the expanded position to a retracted position through the flexible membrane.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn, Andre Baca, Kenneth C. Booth
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Patent number: 7598454Abstract: An electrical device cover assembly is described. A base includes a perimeter edge, a cord port, at least two substantially perpendicular base walls joined by an angled wall, and an electrical outlet opening. A lid is moveable between open and closed positions. The lid includes two substantially perpendicular base walls joined by an angled lid wall, and a cord port notch. The base includes a hinge member adjacent the angled base wall that extends from the base toward the lid. The lid includes a hinge member adjacent the angled lid wall that extends from the lid toward the base, and a hinge shield that extends over both the lid hinge member and the base hinge member. The lid has a flexible element coupled to a lid ring, and is expandable so that the flexible element extends beyond the lid ring to enclose an electrical connector coupled with the electrical outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Kenneth C. Booth
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Patent number: 7598453Abstract: A plurality of approaches for forming a horizontal and vertical electrical device cover including 1) providing hinge members on opposing sides of the cover that allow the cover to pivot along adjacent-sided axes for horizontal and vertical mounting; 2) providing a removable or selectively movable pin and corresponding cover and base hinge members wherein the pin may be placed along either the horizontal or vertical axis for selective horizontal or vertical mounting; 3) providing a pivoting hinge arm that is pivotable between adjacent sides of the unit for selective horizontal or vertical mounting; 4) providing selectively attachable hinge members that may be attached by the installer at the time of installation to choose between horizontal or vertical mounting configurations.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Andre Baca, Kenneth C. Booth, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 7598452Abstract: A while-in-use electrical device cover that includes elliptical and more than five-sided cover shapes is disclosed. Specific implementations feature a while-in-use electrical device cover that includes a base having an aperture configured to receive the face of an electrical device, a lid configured to close over the base through a hinge while an electrical connector is inserted into the electrical device, and a cord port extending through a surface of the cover. The base and lid are substantially elliptical. The base, lid, and hinge may be manufactured from plastics or other conventional material for a while-in-use electrical device cover using conventional fabrication methods.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Michael J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Kenneth C. Booth
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Patent number: D625582Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: D637566Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: TayMac CorporationInventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Nathaniel A. Falendysz