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US 2017/0250509 A1Published application
Compact drawer outlet
AssigneeMasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.
InventorsJason Swanson, Davy Daniel, Scott Ortega
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Abstract
An electrical outlet mounting apparatus having a plurality of arms being rotatably connected to each other in a sequence and being collapsible into a collapsed position and extendable into an extended position. The plurality of arms including a channel on the interior of each of the arms that can receive an electrical cord. The mounting apparatus having a mounting plate rotatably attached to the plurality of arms and having one or more electrical connections electrically connected to the electrical cord.
Claims20
An electrical outlet mounting apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of arms wherein each of the plurality of arms comprises:
- a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of one of the arms is attachable to the second end of another of the arms, and wherein the first end and second end are open;
- an electrical cord with a first cord end and a second cord end;
- a channel on the interior of each of the arms, wherein the channel receives the electrical cord such that the electrical cord enters at the first end of each of the arms, and exits each of the arms at the second end;
- wherein the arms are rotatably connected in a sequence, with a first end of one of the arms being a starting end of the sequence, and the second end of another of the arms being a terminal end of the sequence;
- wherein the arms are collapsible into a collapsed position;
- and
- wherein the arms are extendable into an extended position;
- a mounting plate, wherein the terminal end of the sequence is rotatably attached to the mounting plate, and wherein the mounting plate comprises a groove that receives the electrical cord from the second end of the terminal arm and secures the electrical cord in place;
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- one or more electrical connections attached to the mounting plate and electrically connected to the first cord end of the electrical cord.
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A cabinet assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of arms wherein each of the plurality of arms comprises:
- a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of one of the arms is attachable to the second end of another of the arms, and wherein the first end and second end are open;
- a channel on the interior of each of the arms, wherein the channel receives an electrical cord such that the electrical cord enters the first end of the arm and exits each of the arms at the second end;
- wherein the arms are rotatably connected in a sequence, with a first end of one of the arms being a starting end of the sequence, and the second end of another of the arms being a terminal end of the sequence;
- wherein the arms are collapsible into a collapsed position;
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- wherein the arms are extendable into an extended position;
- a mounting plate, wherein the terminal end of the sequence is rotatably attached to the mounting plate, and wherein the mounting plate comprises a groove on the back side, wherein the groove receives the electrical cord from the second end of the terminal arm and secures the electrical cord in place;
- one or more electrical connections electrically connected to the first cord end of the electrical cord;
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- a cabinet, wherein the cabinet comprises:
- a cabinet back wall, wherein the starting end of the plurality of arms is mounted to the cabinet back wall;
- a drawer comprising a drawer back wall, the drawer back wall comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and an opening in the center of the drawer back wall, wherein the mounting plate attaches to the drawer back wall such that the electrical outlets extend through the opening and are facing outward from the drawer back wall towards the interior of the drawer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.