Clam-shell housing having releasably attachable, wall-mounting mechanism

A method of assembling a clam-shell housing, wherein the housing includes a pair of half-shells, which form a cavity therebetween when connected together, each of the half-shells including first and second attachment regions, a tongue positioned in the first region, and a locking mechanism in the second region, wherein the locking mechanisms of the half-shells are configured to connect the half-shells together, and a face plate including a pair of tongue-receiving fulcrum structures positioned so that each of the structures may receive and retain one of the tongues when the half-shells are connected, the method comprising:

• positioning the tongue of one of the half-shells into one of the structures of the plate and positioning the tongue of the other half-shell into the other structure, thereby producing an open clam shell arrangement of the half-shells;
• rotating the half-shells towards each other, with each of the half-shells using one of the structures as a fulcrum to rotate about, so that the locking mechanisms of the half-shells approach each other;
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• fastening together the locking mechanisms of the half-shells, thereby forming a substantially closed cavity within the half-shells and the plate.

A wall-mountable housing for mounting to a wall having a hole therethrough with the hole having a diameter, the housing comprising:

• a face plate for positioning on one side of the wall, said plate having a maximum diameter greater than the diameter of the hole;
• a body for extending through the hole and joined to said plate;
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• a releasably attachable, wall-mounting mechanism for positioning on another side of the wall and for securely mounting said body to the wall by capturing the wall between said plate and said wall-mounting mechanism, wherein said wall-mounting mechanism has two operative positions relative to said body, said positions including a locking position in which said wall-mounting mechanism securely mounts said body to the wall and a release position in which said body is unmounted and removable from the wall.

A wall-mountable, clam-shell housing for mounting to a wall having a hole therethrough with the hole having a diameter, the housing comprising:

• a body for extending through the hole, said body including a pair of half-shells, which form a cavity therebetween when connected together, each of said half-shells including first and second attachment regions, a tongue positioned in the first region, and a locking mechanism in the second region, wherein said locking mechanisms of said half-shells are configured to connect said half-shells together;
• a face plate for positioning on one side of the wall, said plate having a maximum diameter greater than the diameter of the hole, said plate including a pair tongue-receiving fulcrum structures that join said plate to said body, said fulcrum structures being positioned so that each of said structures may receive and retain one of said tongues when said half-shells are connected, wherein connection of said half-shells and said plate is accomplished by placing one of said tongues into one of said structures and placing another of said tongues into another of said structures, thereby producing an open clam shell arrangement of said half-shells;
• and rotating said half-shells towards each other, with each half-shell using one of said structures as a fulcrum to rotate about, until said locking mechanism of one of said half-shells fastens to said locking mechanism of the other of said half-shells;
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• a releasably attachable, wall-mounting mechanism for positioning on another side of the wall and for securely mounting said body to the wall by capturing the wall between said plate and said wall-mounting mechanism, wherein said wall-mounting mechanism has two operative positions relative to said body, said positions including a locking position in which said wall-mounting mechanism securely mounts said body to the wall and a release position in which said body is unmounted and removable from the wall.