and negative prongs 12 14 as seen most clearly in fig1 a the invention advantageously utilizes the length of grounding pin 16 in a manner to be described more fully hereinbelow fig2 a is a front view and fig2 b is an end view taken along line 2b 2b of fig2 a and showing one half of a safety shield 20 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention it should be understood that the safety shield 20 includes a pair of shield portions 20a and 20b shield portion 20a is a mirror image of shield portion 20b each shield portion 20a or 20b of the safety shield 20 includes an inner face 22 and an outer face 24 opposite the inner face 22 upon assembly the inner faces 22 of the shield portions 20a 20b are selectively separated and joined for the purpose of exposing and shielding the openings of the electrical outlet 18 see fig7 respectively each of the inner faces 22 of the shield portions 20a 20b include a lower flat surface 26 having a tapered groove 28 formed therein and an upper flat surface 30 at an opposite end of the shield portion from the lower flat surface 26 the lower flat surface 26 is angularly offset from the upper flat surface 30 of the shield portion 20a 20b an inset surface 32 is set in from but formed parallel to the upper flat surface 30 of the shield portion 20a 20b within the inset surface 32 there is formed a circular cutout area 34 the cutout area terminating at a transition to the lower flat surface 26 of the shield portion 20a 20b in further understanding of the lower flat surface 26 the tapered groove 28 is formed such that the groove 28 initiates.