Temporary protective cover for junction boxes
AssigneeMcKenny Klein Enterprises, LLC
InventorPatrick Shannon McKenny
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Abstract
A temporary protective cover for a junction box has a sheet-like rectangular body with cleats at top and bottom ends. The cleats are flange-like formations bent at preferably non-right angles designed to press against embossments inside the cavity of a junction box. One or both cleats may be fitted with a notch to facilitate overlapping placement to accommodate large-size junction boxes. A stop tab extends laterally outwardly from each cleat and serves to limit penetration of the covering into the cavity of a junction box. One or two small removal holes are located in the body of the cover, near to the cleats, to facilitate removal from a junction box.
Claims20
A temporary protective cover for a junction box, said cover comprising:
- a body having a generally rectangular shape defined by two generally parallel gripping edges and two generally parallel side edges,
- a pair of cleats, each said cleat extending from a respective one of said gripping edges,
- a pair of stop tabs, each said stop tab extending from a respective one of said cleats along an exterior interface, and
- said side edges being unencumbered by stiffening features.
A temporary protective cover for a junction box, said cover comprising:
- a body having a generally rectangular shape defined by two generally parallel gripping edges and two generally parallel side edges,
- a pair of cleats, each said cleat extending from a respective one of said gripping edges,
- a pair of stop tabs, each said stop tab extending from a respective one of said cleats along an exterior interface, and
- wherein at least one said cleat has a notch therein contiguous with one of said side edges of said body.
A method for temporarily covering the interior cavity of a junction box to facilitate installation of wall covering and/or wall finishing operations, said method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a first temporary cover into the cavity of a junction box to occlude at least a portion thereof, said inserting step including exerting radially-outward pressure at the opening of the junction box with opposing cleats of the first temporary cover, said inserting step including flexing a body of the first temporary cover to generate spring tension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.