Receptacles – Sectional – Stacked or aligned similar sections
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-23
2001-11-27
Moy, Joseph (Department: 3727)
Receptacles
Sectional
Stacked or aligned similar sections
C220S023860, C220S521000, C220S841000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06321925
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to wiring enclosures and, more particularly, to a multiple layer hinged enclosure which is of modular construction to accommodate any desired number of layers.
Where telephone wires enter a building, there is usually provided an enclosure, called a building entrance box, which provides an interface between a signal transmission media cable entering a building and wires extending through the building to input jacks at various locations in the building. Such a box typically is provided in multiple layers, with the various layers being hinged one to the other so that every layer can be made accessible. It would be desirable to have such layers constructed in modular form so that any desired number of layers can be added where required.
It would also be desirable to have all the layers of such a box, or enclosure, hinged along the same side so that the wiring between layers does not have to extend “back and forth”across the layers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a multiple layered hinged enclosure comprising a base section, at least one intermediate section and a cover section. The base section has a side wall and two sets of first and second parallel axially offset hinge pins mounted to the side wall. The first hinge pins of the two sets are co-linear to each other and the second hinge pins of the two sets are co-linear to each other. Each intermediate section has two co-linear hinge members adapted to each engage the first hinge pin within a respective set of hinge pins, and two sets of first and second parallel axially offset hinge pins spaced the same as the two sets of first and second hinge pins of the base section. The cover section has two co-linear hinge members adapted to each engage the second hinge pin within a respective set of hinge pins.
In accordance with an aspect of this invention, each hinge member is formed with a snap-fit feature to engage a respective hinge pin.
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Crouse Douglas N.
Daoud Bassel H.
Kay Jason A.
Kerr David S.
Marchisin Ronald
Avaya Technology Corp.
Davis David L.
Moy Joseph
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