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US 12,756,168 B2Granted
Old work box with breakaway wings
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsMathew Thomas, Blake Bartlett, Keith Lang
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Abstract
An old work box for installation in a wall includes: a partition having a partition outer surface and a partition inner surface; a backing wall attached to the partition, the backing wall and the partition forming a work box cavity; at least one flange disposed on the partition; a first wing movably disposed on the partition; and a first runner connecting the first wing to the partition outer surface and that breaks upon movement of the first wing.
Claims16
An old work box for installation in a wall, comprising:
- a partition having a partition outer surface and a partition inner surface;
- a backing wall attached to the partition, the backing wall and the partition forming a work box cavity;
- at least one flange disposed on the partition;
- a first wing having a hub rotatably disposed in a first channel, the first wing including a wing portion connected to the hub and extending radially therefrom, the hub being movably disposed on the partition within the first channel on the partition outer surface;
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- a first runner disposed at an offset radial distance from the hub and connecting the wing portion of the first wing with the partition outer surface, the first runner being configured to break upon rotation of the first wing relative to the partition outer surface.
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