Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for covering an electrical wall outlet and for maintaining the connection of electrical plugs thereto or to another electrical socket. The apparatus includes a cover plate presenting socket openings and at least one cap for housing a cord/plug assembly, the cap having a pair of legs with flanges attached to free ends thereof. The cover plate includes a pair of opposed slots about each socket opening, each slot having a first channel for receiving the appropriately aligned legs and flanges therein. A cap is secured to a cover plate by rotating the cap in a clockwise direction until the legs reach a terminal channel at which a portion of the plate overlies the flanges to preclude removal of the flanges from the channel. A cap is removable from the cover plate only by placing inward pressure on both legs while simultaneously rotating the cap for movement of the legs back to the first channel.