Protective Cover Plate

The invention is a reusable protective cover for temporarily covering opening leading into the interior chamber of an electrical outlet box during construction activites. The temporary protective cover has a flat rectangular back plate, a rectangular collar extending outward from the back plate, and a flange connected to an outer rim of the rectangular collar. The rectangular collar has four independently-flexing wall sections, wherein at least two of the wall sections are sloped outward to frictionally engage interior surfaces of the electrical outlet box and accommodate different sizes of the electrical outlet box openning and seal off the chamber to prevent foregin material from entering the chamber.

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