Supports – Brackets – Of sheet material
Reexamination Certificate
1999-02-10
2001-11-13
Braun, Leslie A. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Of sheet material
C248S065000, C248S218400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06315261
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a thermostat wire holder device which is fitted around a wooden or metal wall stud in a building structure to retain a thermostat wire and thermostat in fixed insulated relation.
Normally when installing a thermostat wire or wire bundle between adjacent wall studs in a building structure, the terminating end of the wire or wire bundle is simply wrapped around a single nail temporarily or permanently attached to a wooden or metal wall stud during construction in the general location where an interior wall thermostat or other electrical device is to be permanently located. The wire normally consists of a single bundle of multiple electrical wires usually from about 2 to 12 individual electrical wires which are used to contol a thermostat or other electrical devices. Some are used for control and some are used to make electrical connection to various electrical devices. The wire or wire bundle may extend to a telephone jack, a television jack, a cable jack or a doorbell, or other electrical devices located within the building interior.
Such wiring installation is usually done after the interior wall studs are erected and prior to erecting the interior wall covering materials such as dry wall paneling, plaster, wooden wall paneling and other wall coverings. After the wall panels are installed, the precise location of the thermostat wire or wire bundle behind the covered walls is not easily determined, especially if the wall studs are covered on one or both sides by the wall covering materials. Often locating the single wire or wire bundle requires so-called “fishing” for the wire end in the hollow interior space between studs and bringing the wire outwardly into the room interior to be exposed therein for connection to the wall thermostat or other electrical device. The wire or wire bundle may be removed from its nail support or be left thereon as desired. The wire must normally be dragged through an aperture in the wall which in some cases may be excessively large and must be repaired. The wire and its surrounding space within the wall interior is essentially uninsulated which can and does adversely affect temperature settings and readings of the thermostat, for example. The lack of insulated backing and support for the control wire often results in poor and inaccurate performance of the thermostat over its controlling life within the building structure.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is directed toward providing an insulating and support back plate for the thermostat wire and thermostat within a building structure for accurate and precise controlling of a thermostat for its insulated mounting in the interior of a building structure.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a foldable economical thin plastic mounting plate for a thermostat wire or wire bundle connected to and at least partially around a wooden or metal wall stud which has combined insulating and supporting characteristics for the wire and thermostat. The mounting plate may be easily folded from a flat stored sheet into a generally V-shaped or Z-shaped configuration for the wire holder device for its attachment to an upright wooden or metal wall stud for fixedly mounting the wire within an interior wall space for its ready interconnection to a wall thermostat or other electrical device in an interior wall-mounted location.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a thin durable foldable insulating back plate for supporting a thermostat wire and thermostat which plate retains the wire in fixed relation between wall studs and attached to one stud in desired location for easy location of the wire end portion and providing insulation to the wire area immediately behind the wall covering once it is applied or mounted to provide interconnection to a wall thermostat or other wall-mounted device.
The subject interior backing plate for the wall space provides both insulating and supporting features to the wire mounting and adjacent hollow space surrounding the wire interiorly of nearby adjacent wall studs. The wire may be readily located and found within the wall after wall coverings are mounted or installed on interior wall studs. The plate has observation openings in one folded portion of the plate for observing the wire location and its end portion for ready connection to a wall thermostat or other device. When in its folded-over mounting relation, the plate has punched-out or recessed areas for punching out wire-receiving holes therein for passage of the wire therethrough. The plate also serves as an air-sealing device around the wire.
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Braun Leslie A.
Sand & Sebolt
Snyder National Corporation
Sy Holly N.
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