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US 2006/0076348 A1Published application
Electrical outlet box having attachable walls
AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorAlain Michaud
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Abstract
An electrical outlet box including a first planar box wall and a second planar box wall. The first and second box walls are positioned substantially perpendicular to each other. One of the walls includes an extending clip. The other wall includes a receiving slot. The clip is insertable into the slot to couple the first box wall to the second box wall.
Claims12
An electrical outlet box comprising:
- a first planar box wall;
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- a second planar box wall generally perpendicular to said first box wall;
- one of said box walls including an extending clip and the other of said box walls including a receiving slot, said clip being insertable into said slot to couple said first planar box wall to said second planar box wall.
1 more element
An electrical outlet box comprising:
- a U-shaped member having two opposing end a walls and a back wall therebetween;
- a first planar side wall generally perpendicular to said U-shaped member, said first planar side wall attached to said two opposing end walls and extending therebetween;
- a second planar side wall generally perpendicular to said U-shaped member and generally parallel to said first planar side wall, said second planar side wall attached to said two opposing end walls and extending therebetween;
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- wherein said end walls of said U-shaped member including receiving slots, and said planar side walls include extending clips, said clips being insertable into said slots to couple said U-shaped member to said planar side walls.
2 more elements
An electrical outlet box comprising:
- a U-shaped member having a top wall, a bottom wall and a back wall extending between said top wall and said bottom wall, said top wall and said bottom wall include a pair of mating recesses;
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- a pair of opposing side walls extending between said top wall and said bottom wall, said side walls include a pair of laterally extending hooks which engage with said pair of said mating recesses of said top wall and said bottom wall to captively retain said side walls to said top wall and said bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.