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: 11038300
    Abstract: An extendable electrical outlet enclosure with a tubular main body, a bezel, a cap, at least one extension tube, and a back plate. The tubular main body has a first end, a second end, and a wall extending between the first end and second end. The tubular main body also has an electrical device support that extends inward from the wall and defines a separation between an electrical plug section and a wiring section. The bezel surrounds an opening in the main body at the first end and allows the cap to removably mount to the electrical enclosure. The at least one extension tube attaches to the tubular main body at the second end and has a leading end, a trailing end, and an outer wall extending between the leading end and the trailing end. The back plate couples with the at least one extension tube at the trailing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11038329
    Abstract: An electrical box brace including a rod, a sleeve, at least one mounting plate, an adjustment mechanism having a body, a spring and connecting the rod and sleeve, and at least one engagement device positioned within the adjustment mechanism body, wherein the at least one engagement device includes at least one threaded portion opposite a ramp, and wherein the ramp selectively engages the adjustment mechanism body to permit engagement or disengagement of the at least one threaded portion with the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein, Ryan Liebengood
  • Patent number: 10971860
    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: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 10965060
    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: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 10903636
    Abstract: An electrical wall plate having a front face plate, an opposing rear plate face, at least one electrical device opening extending through both the front plate face and rear plate face, and at least one movable extension member configured to move and extend away from and also back toward the front plate face and support at least one electronic accessory device placed on the movable extension member is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 10777981
    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: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 10681828
    Abstract: An electrical device cover assembly having a hinge pin lock is disclosed. The electrical device cover assembly comprises a base having at least a first base hinge aperture and a lid having at least a first lid hinge aperture. The lid is hingedly coupled to the base along an axis by at least a first pin coupled to both the first base hinge aperture and the first lid hinge aperture. The hinge pin lock comprises an opening sized to receive a portion of at least the first pin in a direction normal to the axis, and at least a first locking surface. The hinge pin lock is directly and releasably coupled to the first pin such that the first locking surface is between a first pin capture surface of the first pin and a head of the first pin. The electrical device cover assembly may further comprise a second pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: D925788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein