# US 2003/0168450 A1 · Electrical equipment box with flexible fixing arrangements

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- Number: US 2003/0168450 A1
- Document ID: US20030168450A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 10/382,858
- Filed: 2003-03-07
- Published: 2003-09-11
- Earliest claimed: 2002-03-07
- Assignees: Legrand
- Inventors: Damien Adam
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20030168450A1

## CPC

- H02G 3/10: for surface mounting on a wall
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES

## Abstract

An electrical equipment box includes a back incorporating one or more holes of elongate shape in a direction X for fixing the box to a wall. The hole or each hole is in a stud attached to the back by a flexible connection allowing a small offset of the hole relative to a stable original position in a direction Y parallel to the plane of the back and perpendicular to the direction X.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electrical equipment box including a back incorporating one or more holes of elongate shape in a direction X for fixing the box to a wall, wherein said hole or each hole is in a stud attached to said back by a flexible connection allowing a small offset of said hole relative to a stable original position in a direction Y parallel to the plane of said back and perpendicular to said direction X.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The box claimed in claim 1 wherein said hole or each hole is offset by pivoting its flexible connection in said plane of said back.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The box claimed in claim 1 wherein said stud or each stud provided with a hole lies in an opening in said back and is attached by said flexible connection to one edge of said opening.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The box claimed in claim 3 wherein a thin wall is provided for the stud or for each stud and extends from an edge of said opening opposite that to which said stud is attached by said flexible connection, and under said stud, so as to close off a portion of said opening, said thin wall having a free edge shaped so that when said stud is offset relative to its stable original position it bears on said thin wall to press it against said wall to which said box is to be fixed.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The box claimed in claim 1 wherein said stud or each stud carries, on respective opposite sides of said flexible connection, abutments adapted to bear against a portion of said back to press said back against said wall.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The box claimed in claim 1 wherein said stud or each stud is formed in one piece with said flexible connection associated therewith.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The box claimed in claim 1 wherein said flexible connection or each flexible connection consists of a flexible tongue that extends in said direction X of each hole and perpendicularly to an edge of said back.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The box claimed in claim 7 wherein said flexible tongue or each flexible tongue is molded in one piece with said back from a plastics material.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The box claimed in claim 1 wherein said hole or each hole has an oblong shape.