US 4,785,140 AGranted

Security box for cable TV connectors

AssigneeMoore Diversified Products, Inc.

InventorsR. Eric Adams, Joey L. Brown, David B. Frodge

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Abstract

A security box includes a base having a support wall with four countersunk mounting holes through which mounting bolts extend to attach the base to a building wall while spacing the support wall from the building wall. The base has a top wall extending substantially perpendicular to the support wall and having L-shaped rails on its opposite sides within which a mounting plate for cable TV connectors is supported. A cover has a top wall overlying the top wall of the base with a flange on its rear to overlie the support wall. The cover also has a front wall, side walls, and a bottom wall with the bottom wall fitting between a flange at the bottom of the support wall of the base and a pair of L-shaped flanges extending forwardly from opposite sides of the support wall and inwardly towards each other. One of the flanges cooperates with a cam-type lock, which is mounted on the front wall of the cover, to lock the cover to the base. In one embodiment, the bottom wall of the cover has an access opening for the cable TV connectors. Another embodiment has an access opening in each of the cover side walls with a mounting plate having a portion, which extends downwardly from a supported flat portion, supporting the cable TV connectors thereon.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A security box for cable TV connectors including:

a base having a support wall for mounting on a building wall;
support means extending from said support wall substantially perpendicular thereto;
mounting means for supporting cable TV connectors;
said support means having slidably supporting means for slidably supporting said mounting means;
a cover for disposition over said base to prevent access to said base;
said cover including:
a front wall;
a top wall extending substantially perpendicular to said front wall;
a bottom wall extending substantially perpendicular to said front wall and substantially parallel to said top wall;
a pair of side walls extending from opposite sides of said front wall between said top wall and said bottom wall;
said top wall overlying said support means of said base when said cover is disposed over said base;
and said side walls extending to at least opposite sides of said support wall when said cover is disposed over said base;
said support wall of said base having cooperating means for cooperating with said bottom wall of said cover when said cover is disposed over said base to prevent upward movement of said cover relative to said base;
a lock supported by said cover;
said support wall of said base having lock cooperating means to cooperate with said lock to lock said cover to said base when said cover is disposed over said base;
and said cover having cable access means in at least one of said bottom wall and said pair of side walls to provide cable access to the interior of said base when said cover is disposed over said base.

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A security box for cable TV connectors including:

a base having a support wall for mounting on a building wall;
said support wall having spacing means for disposing said support wall in spaced relation to a building wall on which said support wall is mounted;
support means extending from said support wall substantially perpendicular thereto;
mounting means for supporting cable TV connectors;
said support means having slidably supporting means for slidably supporting said mounting means;
a cover for disposition over said base to prevent access to said base;
said cover including:
a front wall;
a top wall extending substantially perpendicular to said front wall;
a bottom wall extending substantially perpendicular to said front wall and substantially parallel to said top wall;
a pair of side walls extending from opposite sides of said front wall between said top wall and said bottom wall;
said top wall overlying said support means of said base when said cover is disposed over said base;
said top wall having a locking flange extending from its rear for disposition behind said support wall when said cover is disposed over said base;
and said side walls extending to at least opposite sides of said support wall when said cover is disposed over said base;
said support wall of said base having receiving means for rceiving a portion of said bottom wall of said cover when said cover is disposed over sad base to prevent upward movement of said cover relative to said base;
a lock supported by said cover;
said support wall of said base having lock cooperating means to cooperate with said lock to lock said cover to said base when said cover is disposed over said base;
and said cover having cable access means in at least one of said bottom wall and said pair of side walls to provide cable access to the interior of said base when said cover is disposed over said base.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.