Panel for recessed mounting of a housing

Details Panel for recessed mounting of a housing Panel for recessed mounting of a housing

1993-05-27

1994-04-19

Foss, J. Franklin

Supports

Brackets

Specially mounted or attached

248 271, A47F 508

Patent

active

053038924

ABSTRACT:
A control panel is detachably connected by a retaining bracket to a housing which is mounted in an aperture formed in a support structure such as a wall. The positioning of the panel adjacent an outer surface of the support structure is independent of the depth of insertion of the housing in the aperture. The bracket is U-shaped with a generally vertical base portion and first and second legs extending horizontally from opposite ends of the base portion. Each leg has a hook formed at a free end thereof for detachably engaging a spring clip mounted on a rear surface of the panel. A pair of spring plates are attached to the base portion by fasteners and each plate has two pairs of spring tabs formed thereon for engaging a roughened surface on opposite side walls of the housing. After the insertion of the bracket into the housing, the fasteners can be loosened to permit positioning of the panel relative to the housing. Also, the bracket can be partially inserted into the housing while the panel is operational to permit work to be done on the support surface behind the panel. A groove in the rear surface of the panel and a recess formed in one of the hooks permits the associated spring clip to be disengaged from the hook and the panel to be detached from the bracket. The fasteners can be loosened to permit the bracket to be detached from the housing.

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patent: 4576431 (1986-03-01), Thayer
patent: 4790501 (1988-12-01), Waters
patent: 4998635 (1991-03-01), Wink
patent: 5239132 (1993-08-01), Bartow

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