ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,390, issued on March 25.
"Flexible outlet cover device" was invented by Rob Workman (Oklahoma City), Ryan Schick (Oklahoma City), Joseph Kinyon (Oklahoma City) and Michelle Owens (Oklahoma, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to devices which cover one or more electrical outlets while at least one electrical outlet is in use. Embodiments described for the present invention comprise a cover having two or more substantially planar front panel surfaces and two or more substantially planar rear panel surfaces, two or more panels, two or more pairs of prongs extending from the two or more rear panel surfac...