Patents by Inventor John E. Klein

John E. Klein 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).

  • Patent number: 11404831
    Abstract: A powered wall plate with a plug-in module having an electrical plug and an module cover. The electrical plug has at least two electrical prongs that are configured to removably mate with an electrical receptacle. The module cover is located adjacent to the electrical plug and has a surround configured to extend around a portion of the perimeter of the wall plate, an LED light located along a bottom edge of the module cover, a USB port exposed on a surface of the module cover, and a circuit contained within the module cover and configured to supply power to the USB port and the LED light when power is supplied to the electrical prongs. The wall plate has a first mounting screw aperture and the plug-in module has a second mounting screw aperture that receive a mounting screw, attaching the plug-in module to the wall plate and the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11339934
    Abstract: A tamper resistant nightlight comprising a body and a housing. The body may comprise a base, a cover coupled to the base, and at least one circuit located between the base and the cover. The base is configured to be disposed over a face of an electrical outlet. The at least one circuit comprises at least one light. The body may also comprise a plurality of plug apertures extending through the cover and through the base. The plurality of plug apertures is configured to align with an electrical receptacle on the electrical outlet. The housing is coupled to the body and comprises a locking element configured to restrict a child from removing the tamper resistant nightlight from the electrical outlet. The locking element may be configured as a flange that extends away from the body and behind a rear surface of an electrical wall plate associated with the electrical outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11322892
    Abstract: A tamper resistant nightlight for placement in an electrical receptacle, the nightlight includes a body that has a base with an LED circuit and plug blades extending from the body. A housing includes a locking element configured to restrict a child from removing the nightlight from the electrical receptacle through a flange that extends away from the body to be positioned behind a rear surface of an electrical wall plate associated with the electrical receptacle to prevent the tamper resistant nightlight from being removed from the electrical receptacle while the electrical wall plate is coupled to the electrical receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11276996
    Abstract: An electrical outlet cover with a lid having a configurable protrusion or recess to accommodate different uses and weather resistance states. The electrical outlet cover includes a base coupled to an electrical outlet and a lid hingedly coupled to the base along a first side. 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. The flange may abut the frame in the collapsed position and the ledge may abut the frame in the expanded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11276945
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: John E. Klein, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11277587
    Abstract: An electrical wall plate includes at least one electrical device opening extending through the wall plate and a camera electrically connected to a power connector configured to electrically connect to an electrical device, when the electrical wall plate is mounted to the electrical device, and a corresponding of method of capturing video images is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein, Ryan Liebengood
  • Patent number: 11274820
    Abstract: An electrical switch light may include a housing with a back surface, the back surface including a mounting portion and recessed portion offset from the mounting portion. A wall coupler may be disposed at the mounting portion and be configured to removably couple with a wall. The at least one may be LED disposed adjacent the recessed portion of the back surface such that the at least one LED is separated from the wall to which the electrical switch light is coupled. At least one second LED may be disposed adjacent the front surface of the housing. A switch may be accessible from an external surface of the housing and electrically coupled to the at least one LED and the at least one second LED to adjust a brightness of the at least one LED and the at least one second LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11268684
    Abstract: A dimmable tamper resistant nightlight may include a body comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED). Plug blades may extend from the body. A dimming switch may be coupled to the at last one LED, the dimming switch configured to move between a first position that activates about 50% luminosity of the at least one LED, a second position that deactivates about 100% luminosity of the at least one LED, and a third position that activates about 100% luminosity of the at least one LED. A housing may be coupled to the body, the housing comprising an access opening through which the dimming switch may be moved among the first position, the second position, and the third position. A housing may also comprise a locking element configured to prevent the dimmable tamper resistant nightlight from being removed from the electrical receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D925629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D925784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D925785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D925786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D925787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D928351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D958091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D959382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D959383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D959384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D959385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D959386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: John E. Klein