Receptacles – Closures – Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...
Patent
1974-09-18
1976-05-11
Hart, Ro E.
Receptacles
Closures
Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...
220334, 220 38, 220 18, B65D 4324
Patent
active
039557090
ABSTRACT:
A rain-tight outdoor enclosure for containing electrical apparatus characterized by a box-like container and a detachable cover hingedly mounted. The container comprising an open vertical side and a open bottom end. The cover comprising a wall coextensive with the open side and having opposite flanges overlapping portions of corresponding sidewalls of the container. Means for hingedly mounting the cover on the container for movement between open and closed positions and including a groove in each opposite container side wall and a protrusion in each opposite flange of the cover which protrusions extend into the grooves and are slidable therein between open and closed positions of the cover. Latching means for holding the cover in the open position and comprising a projection on at least one of the side walls and abuttable with the cover when the cover is opened and each protrusion is in the open position in its groove.
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Carris George M.
Coley Kenneth R.
Hart Ro E.
Johns L. P.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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