Receptacles – Outlet or junction box type – Wall – floor – or panel mounted
Patent
1978-08-25
1980-05-13
Pollard, Steven M.
Receptacles
Outlet or junction box type
Wall, floor, or panel mounted
220 62, 220 7, 220 35, H02G 308, B65D 724
Patent
active
042024579
ABSTRACT:
A molded plastic, substantially planar, plate member which, when assembled, forms an open-topped electrical outlet box. The flat plastic plate member has end walls and side walls which are all foldable along living hinges relative to a bottom wall until further movement is prevented by raised projections to thereby form a three-dimensional box. Mounting sleeves are integrally formed in the end walls for receiving mounting nails. Flanges are also integrally formed in the end walls for receiving stamped Tinnerman-type nuts. Channels are integrally formed in the end walls and receive lateral edges of the side walls; slots in the channels receive tabs integrally formed on the lateral edges of the side walls. Additional tabs also integrally formed on the lateral edges of the side walls have U-shaped recesses therein for receiving the stem of the mounting nail with a snap-type action. Resilient flaps are integrally formed in the end walls to permit insertion of an electrical cable therethrough and into the box; the flaps clamp and retain the inserted cable in fixed position within the box.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2732090 (1956-01-01), Karlin
patent: 3349289 (1967-10-01), Mueller
patent: 3917101 (1975-11-01), Ware
patent: 3973692 (1976-08-01), Cloyd
patent: 4071159 (1978-01-01), Robinson et al.
Eagle Electric Mgf. Co., Inc.
Pollard Steven M.
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