Integrated electrical outlet cover and support for voice-controlled assistants, speakers, and other electronic devices
View Patent ↗An integrated electrical outlet cover and device support is provided, comprising a frame mountable to an electrical outlet box around an electrical outlet and a device support affixed to one edge of the frame. The device support comprises a circular base having a front surface co-planar with a front surface of the frame and a sidewall extending outward from a perimeter of the front surface of the base. A device, such as a voice-controlled assistant, speaker, or other electronic device, is retainable within the support and may be plugged into a USB port in the electrical outlet. In various configurations, the unit may be retain such voice-controlled assistants as an Amazon Echo Dot or a Google Home Mini, among others.
1. An integrated electrical outlet cover and device support assembly, comprising:
a frame to cover a front of an electrical box, the frame having a back surface, a front surface, and a plurality of walls surrounding an opening in which an electrical outlet or switch being exposed, the frame further having an outer perimeter;
a circular base extending from a portion of one of the walls of the frame, the base having a front surface co-planar with a front surface of the frame;
a first and second spaced-apart curved wings extending outward from a perimeter of the front surface of the base, each of the wings having a curved width less than the circumference of the base, a distance across the base between upper edges of the wings being greater than a diameter of the base, the first and second wings being on opposite sides of the base; and
an inward-facing retention clip along upper edges of the wings with which a device is retainable between the clip and the base.
2. The integrated electrical outlet cover and device support of claim 1 , further comprising a universal serial bus (USB) connector pluggable at a first end into a port on a side of the device and pluggable at a second end, at right angles to the first end, through a cutout in the first wing into a port in the electrical outlet.
3. The integrated electrical outlet cover and device support of claim 1 , further comprising at least one sound port formed in the base.