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US 2020/0006928 A1Published application
Expanded Two-Gang Electrical Box
AssigneeMetra Electronics Corporation
InventorsJessy Crabb, Stewart Denton
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Abstract
An electrical box having a standard forward-facing opening but also having an expanded enclosure behind the opening. The opening allows the use of conventional prior art components (such as cover plates). The expanded enclosure allows a more generous bend radius for the creation of a service loop in a fiber optic cable or similar component.
Claims20
A method of providing an enlarged service loop for a fiber optic cable, comprising:
- (a) providing an expanded electrical box, including,
- (i) a mounting wall,
- (ii) a bottom wall connected to said mounting wall,
- (iii) a top wall connected to said mounting wall,
- (iv) a free side wall, connected to said bottom wall and said top wall,
- (v) a rear wall connected to said mounting wall, said bottom wall, said top wall, and said free side wall,
- (vi) a forward wall connected to said mounting wall, said bottom wall, said top wall, and said free side wall,
- (vii) said mounting wall, said bottom wall, said top wall, said free side wall, said rear wall, and said forward wall forming an expanded enclosure,
- (viii) said forward wall including a two-gang opening,
- (ix) wherein a width of said two-gang opening is between 3.75 and 4.50 inches,
- (x) wherein a height of said two-gang opening is between 3.75 and 4.25 inches,
- (xi) a cable opening,
- (xii) wherein a distance between said bottom wall and said top wall is between 5.25 and 7.50 inches,
- (xii) wherein a distance between said mounting wall and said free side wall is between 5.25 and 7.50 inches;
- (b) providing a fiber optic cable with an end;
- (c) passing said end of said fiber optic cable through said cable opening and into said expanded enclosure;
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- (d) forming said fiber optic cable into a service loop lying within said expanded enclosure with said end of said fiber optic cable passing out through said two-gang opening.
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A method of pro viding an enlarged service loop for a fiber optic cable, comprising:
- (a) providing an expanded enclosure having a mounting wall, a bottom wall, a top wall, a free side wall, a rear wall, and a forward wall;
- (b) providing a two-gang opening in said forward wall of said expanded enclosure;
- (c) wherein a width of said two-gang opening is between 3.75 and 4.50 inches;
- (d) wherein a height of said two-gang opening is between 3.75 and 4.25 inches;
- (e) wherein a width of said expanded enclosure is between 5.25 and 7.50 inches;
- (f) wherein a height of said expanded enclosure is between 5.25 and 7.50 inches;
- (g) providing a cable opening in said expanded enclosure;
- (h) providing a fiber optic cable with an end;
- (i) passing said end of said fiber optic cable through said cable opening and into said expanded enclosure;
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- (j) forming said fiber optic cable into a service loop lying within said expanded enclosure with said end of said fiber optic cable passing out through said two-gang opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.