US 12,407,150 B2
Electrically insulated boots preventing unintended contact with live electrical conductors
Matthew Alan Williford, Nashville, TN (US); Sergio Flores, Smyrna, TN (US); Robert Heath Martin, Antioch, TN (US); David Price, Murfreesboro, TN (US); and Gregory O. Motley, Murfreesboro, TN (US)
Assigned to Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Andover, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,292.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,514, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0209512 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H02B 1/46 (2006.01); H02B 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 1/46 (2013.01) [H02B 1/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrically insulated boot configured for enclosing an electrical connection between two or more electrical conductors, the boot comprising:
a side wall defining an opening for accessing the electrical connection;
a cover attached to the side wall by a hinge such that the cover can be selectively moved between a closed position preventing access to the enclosed electrical connection and an open position permitting access to the enclosed electrical connection, the cover including a cover flange extending outwardly along a perimeter of the cover;
a cover securing means including at least one aperture in the side wall and at least one coinciding aperture in the cover flange, the at least one aperture in the side wall and the at least one coinciding aperture in the cover flange configured to receive a fastener therein to prevent the cover from being unintentionally moved from the closed position to the open position; and
a boot securing means for preventing the boot from being removed from the electrical conductors.