ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,988, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Tremar Corp. (Muskego, Wis.).
"Interchangeable modular outlet cover" was invented by Trevor Pinkowski (Muskego, Wis.), Marvin Pinkowski (Friendship, Wis.), Michael Sekula (Muskego, Wis.) and David Gebhardt (Muskego, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular cover plate assembly for mounting an electrical circuit device to an electrical outlet box includes at least one electrical circuit device, a cover plate having at least one opening formed therein, and multiple adapters configured for insertion into the at least one opening. For instance the cover plate has one or two openings formed the...