US 12,396,114 B2
Electrical wiring device assemblies with easy to clean surfaces
Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Canastota, NY (US); Richard Rohmer, Memphis, NY (US); Patrick J. Murphy, Marcellus, NY (US); Clayton Roberts, Tully, NY (US); Syed J. Jamal, Rochester, NY (US); Theodore P. Junko, Manlius, NY (US); and Alec J. Brindisi, Syracuse, NY (US)
Assigned to Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed by Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/704,385.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,540, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330446 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/03 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0208 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical wiring device assembly, comprising: a sleeve dimensioned to be positioned in covering relation to a front of an electrical wiring device, wherein the sleeve has a uniform user facing surface, wherein the uniform user facing surface omits crevices, gaps, protrusions, or indentations and includes a wall extending around a peripheral edge of the uniform user facing surface; the wall has a first inclined surface extending toward a rocker switch of the electrical wiring device assembly and an undercut extending around an interior of the sleeve between the uniform user facing surface and the first inclined surface for engaging with a plate of the electrical wiring device; and the plate of the electrical wiring device assembly comprises a mounting plate having a set of protruded rails and second inclined surfaces for slidingly engaging opposite sides of the undercut and the first inclined surface respectively so that the sleeve can move between a first position and second position to activate and deactivate the rocker switch of the electrical wiring device assembly respectively; and a subframe coupled to the electrical wiring device and forming a barrier preventing access to an interior of the electrical wiring device.