Outlet box with removable self-contained device
AssigneeAVE S.p.A.
InventorAndrea Belli
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Abstract
The invention concerns an electrical device having a modular configuration which permits the assembly thereof with other electrical accessories, such as switches, outlets and the like, within receptacles common thereto or within outlet boxes or wall plates. This device, which may be, for instance, a flashlight with a rechargeable battery incorporated therein, rechargeable by means of the electrical network, is removable from the receptacle or outlet box so as to render it portable and utilizable also independently of the other electrical accessories.
Claims6
An electrical device comprising an outlet box having a front window, a plurality of snap holding means around said window for holding a plurality of structures in said window, a box-like body extending in said window and engaged with at least one of said snap holding means for holding said body in said window, said box-like body defining an inner space accessible through said window, a permanent electrical accessory extending in said window and engaged with one of said snap-holding means adjacent said box-like body, said snap-holding means engaged with said permanent accessory being separate from said snap-holding means engaged with said body, said body including a plurality of electrical connecting openings in said space for receiving electrical jacks, a portable supplementary electrical device inserted into said space of said body, said supplementary device having a plurality of electrical jacks each engaged in one of said electrical connecting openings of said body, said supplementary device substantially filling said space of said body and being positioned adjacent said permanent accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.