Mounting frame for ganged electrical devices
AssigneeLutron Electronics Co., Inc.
InventorsTimothy Vink, Robert F. Burkholder, Michael J. D'Aleo, Andrew Elsbury, Woodie Flowers, Richard Lordo, Shawn R. McCall
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AssigneeLutron Electronics Co., Inc.
InventorsTimothy Vink, Robert F. Burkholder, Michael J. D'Aleo, Andrew Elsbury, Woodie Flowers, Richard Lordo, Shawn R. McCall
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A mounting frame facilitates the installation of ganged electrical devices into a single switchbox. The frame is a rectangular plate with a rectangular opening and provides a rigid support for the devices. Support is needed when the wall on which the devices are to be mounted is not planar or when the switchbox is not properly mounted into the wall. The frame can also include markings that help to align the devices to permit a multigang faceplate to snap onto the devices. An alignment frame provides markings to help align the devices, without also providing a rigid support.
A frame for mounting a plurality of adjacent electrical devices into a switchbox which is mounted into a wall, said wall having a non-planar surface relative to said switchbox, said frame comprising, in combination:
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