Low profile electrical device cover

1. An electrical outlet cover assembly, comprising:

a base comprising a first base hinge aperture and a second base hinge aperture; and

a lid comprising a first lid hinge aperture, a second lid hinge aperture, and a lid face bordered by a lid skirt, the lid hingedly coupled to the base by a first pin rotatably coupled to the first base hinge aperture and rotationally fixed with respect to the first lid hinge aperture, and a second pin, separate from the first pin, rotationally fixed with respect to the second base hinge aperture and rotatably coupled to the second lid hinge aperture;

wherein the lid is movable, with respect to the base, between a closed position in which the base is contained within the lid skirt and an open position in which an angle between a substantially planar rear surface of the base and a majority of a lower edge of the lid skirt is at least 140°;

wherein the lid is biased from the open position to the closed position by a rotational bias from a bias element directly coupled to both the first pin and the second pin, wherein the first pin and the second pin each comprise teeth, the first lid hinge aperture is toothed complementary to the teeth of the first pin, the second base hinge aperture is toothed complementary to the teeth of the second pin, each pin of the first pin and the second pin is slideably movable between an engaged position in which the teeth of the pin are mated with one of the first lid hinge aperture and the second base hinge aperture and a disengaged position in which the pin is rotatably coupled to both the lid and the base and a relative rotational phase between the first pin and the second pin is adjustable through rotation of the pin, and wherein each pin of the first pin and the second pin is biased to the engaged position by a linear bias of the bias element, and a strength of the rotational bias of the bias element changes in response to adjustments of the relative rotational phase between the first pin and the second pin.

2. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 1 , wherein the angle between the substantially planar rear surface of the base and the majority of the lower edge of the lid skirt while the lid is in the open position is 180°.

3. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 1 wherein the lid face comprises a lock aperture extending through the lid face, the base comprises a lock receiver, and the lock receiver extends through the lock aperture when the lid is in the closed position with respect to the base.

4. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 1 , wherein each pin of the first pin and the second pin comprises a pin head having a top surface, and an outer surface of the lid skirt comprises a countersink for each of the first pin and the second pin such that, for each pin head, the top surface is substantially level with, or lower than, a majority of the outer surface of the lid skirt proximate to the pin head.

5. An electrical outlet cover assembly, comprising:

a base comprising a first base hinge aperture and a second base hinge aperture; and

a lid comprising a first lid hinge aperture, a second lid hinge aperture, and a lid face bordered by a lid skirt, the lid hingedly coupled to the base by a first pin rotatably coupled to the first base hinge aperture and rotationally fixed with respect to the first lid hinge aperture, and a second pin, separate from the first pin, rotationally fixed with respect to the second base hinge aperture and rotatably coupled to the second lid hinge aperture;

wherein the lid is movable, with respect to the base, between a closed position and an open position, and is biased from the open position to the closed position by a rotational bias from a bias element directly coupled to both the first pin and the second pin;

wherein the first pin and the second pin each comprise teeth, the first lid hinge aperture is toothed complementary to the teeth of the first pin, the second base hinge aperture is toothed complementary to the teeth of the second pin, each pin of the first pin and the second pin is slideably movable between an engaged position in which the teeth of the pin are mated with one of the first lid hinge aperture and the second base hinge aperture and a disengaged position in which the pin is rotatably coupled to both the lid and the base and a relative rotational phase between the first pin and the second pin is adjustable through rotation of the pin, and wherein each pin of the first pin and the second pin are biased to the engaged position by a linear bias of the bias element, and a strength of the rotational bias of the bias element changes in response to adjustments of the relative rotational phase between the first pin and the second pin.

6. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 5 , wherein the lid further comprises a lid face bordered by a lid skirt, and the base is contained within the lid skirt when the lid is in the closed position with respect to the base.

7. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 5 , wherein the lid further comprises a lid face bordered by a lid skirt having a lower edge, and an angle between a substantially planar rear surface of the base and a majority of the lower edge of the lid skirt is at least 140° when the lid is in the open position with respect to the base.

8. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 7 , wherein the angle between the substantially planar rear surface of the base and the majority of the lower edge of the lid skirt while the lid is in the open position is 180°.

9. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 5 , wherein the lid face comprises a lock aperture extending through the lid face, the base comprises a lock receiver, and the lock receiver extends through the lock aperture when the lid is in the closed position with respect to the base.

10. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 5 , wherein the lid further comprises a lid face bordered by a lid skirt having an outer surface, and wherein each pin of the first pin and the second pin comprises a pin head having a top surface, and an outer surface of the lid skirt comprises a countersink for each of the first pin and the second pin such that, for each pin head, the top surface is substantially level with, or lower than, a majority of the outer surface of the lid skirt proximate to the pin head.

11. An electrical outlet cover assembly, comprising:

a base comprising a first base hinge aperture; and

a lid comprising a first lid hinge aperture, the lid hingedly coupled to the base by at least a first pin, the first pin rotatably coupled to one of the first lid hinge aperture and the first base hinge aperture, and rotationally fixed with respect to the other of the first lid hinge aperture and the first base hinge aperture;

wherein the lid is biased from an open position to a closed position by a rotational bias from a bias element mechanically engaged with an end of the first pin and with a second pin rotationally fixed with respect to one of the lid and the base, wherein the first pin further comprises teeth, the one of the first lid hinge aperture and the first base hinge aperture to which the first pin is rotationally fixed is toothed complementary to the teeth of the first pin, and the other of the first lid hinge aperture and the first base hinge aperture to which the first pin is rotatably coupled is toothless, the first pin is slideably movable between an engaged position in which the teeth of the first pin are mated with the teeth of one of the first lid hinge aperture and the first base hinge aperture, and a disengaged position in which the first pin is rotatably coupled to both the lid and the base and a relative rotational phase between the first pin and the second pin is adjustable through rotation of the first pin, and wherein the first pin is biased to the engaged position by a linear bias of the bias element, and a strength of the rotational bias of the bias element changes in response to adjustments of the relative rotational phase between the first pin and the second pin.

12. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 11 , wherein the lid further comprises a lid face bordered by a lid skirt, and the base is contained within the lid skirt when the lid is in the closed position with respect to the base.

13. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 12 , wherein at least a portion of the lid skirt is between the first pin and a majority of the base when the lid is in the open position with respect to the base.

14. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 11 , wherein: the lid further comprises a lid face bordered by a lid skirt having a lower edge, and an angle between a substantially planar rear surface of the base and a majority of the lower edge of the lid skirt is at least 140° when the lid is in the open position with respect to the base.

15. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 14 , wherein the angle between the substantially planar rear surface of the base and the majority of the lower edge of the lid skirt while the lid is in the open position is 180°.

16. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 11 , wherein the lid comprises a second lid hinge aperture, the base comprises a second base hinge aperture, the second pin is separate from the first pin, the bias element is directly coupled to the second pin, and wherein the second pin is rotatably coupled to the second hinge aperture of the one of the lid and the base to which the first pin is rotationally fixed, and rotationally fixed to the second hinge aperture of the one of the lid and the base to which the first pin is rotatably coupled.

17. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 11 wherein the lid face comprises a lock aperture extending through the lid face, the base comprises a lock receiver, and the lock receiver extends through the lock aperture when the lid is in the closed position with respect to the base.

18. The electrical outlet cover assembly of claim 11 , wherein the first pin comprises a pin head having a top surface, and an outer surface of the lid skirt comprises a countersink for the first pin such that the top surface is substantially level with, or lower than, a majority of the outer surface of the lid skirt proximate to the first pin.