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New cover assemblies for electrical fixtures in buildings allow conventional outlets and (toggle) light switches to be cheaply converted into a variety of different color designs and/or colors without changing the electrical infrastructure of the fixture. The cover assemblies comprise a cover plate

New cover assemblies for electrical fixtures in buildings allow conventional outlets and (toggle) light switches to be cheaply converted into a variety of different color designs and/or colors without changing the electrical infrastructure of the fixture. The cover assemblies comprise a cover plate with an appropriate number of orifices, each orifice being covered by a slider so that the whole cover assembly shields the conventional parts of the fixtures normally visible in building interiors.

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An exterior cover assembly for an electrical box containing at least one electrical component having at least one screw hole, the assembly comprising: a cover plate having one orifice for each electrical component in said electrical box and having a screw hole for each screw hole in said at least on

An exterior cover assembly for an electrical box containing at least one electrical component having at least one screw hole, the assembly comprising: a cover plate having one orifice for each electrical component in said electrical box and having a screw hole for each screw hole in said at least one electrical component; a slider mounted over each orifice outwardly of said cover plate; each said slider having an inner face and an outer face; a first guide means on said cover plate; a second guide means on said slider; said second guide means is a pair of parallel tongues extending rearwardly from said inner face of said slider along at least a portion thereof, and said first guide means is a pair of parallel grooves bilaterally flanking said orifice in said cover plate, and wherein each individual tongue of said pair of parallel tongues fit in a respective individual groove of said one pair of parallel grooves to allow rectilinear sliding motion of said slider relative to said plate; and a clip for retaining said first guide means in sliding relationship with said second guide means to allow guided, rectilinear displacement of said slider in a plane parallel to said cover plate.