Electricians leveling device
OwnerPatrick E. Farleyinventor
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Abstract
A device for leveling a plug receiving receptacle in an electric outlet box is disclosed which comprises a surface having spaced apart opposing male bar prongs arranged along generally parallel axes extending about perpendicular from the surface, arranged to insert into corresponding female bar slots of an electric plug receiver and level means, arranged to indicate horizontal and vertical level of an axis perpendicularly intersecting the parallel bar prong axes.
Claims20
A device for leveling, registered spacing and aligning of adjacent first and second plug receiving receptacles arranged in an electric outlet box:
- said device having a rear surface with a single set of two spaced apart opposing male bar prongs arranged along spaced apart bar prong axes extending outwardly from said rear surface, said male bar prongs being sized, dimensioned and arranged to matingly insert into two corresponding female bar slots of an electric plug receiver of said first adjacent plug receiving receptacle;
- first and second level means, said first level means arranged to indicate horizontal level and said second level means arranged to indicate vertical level of an axis intersecting about perpendicular to said spaced apart bar prong axes;
- said rear surface comprising reference means, spaced from an edge of said surface and from said male bar prongs, said reference means being sized and arranged to engage said second plug receiving receptacle in registered spaced alignment with said male bar prongs;
- wherein a surface of said device comprises an edge and a slot selected from the group consisting of stepped and elastomeric walled, said slot dimensioned to engage different dimensioned handles of a switch, and being spaced from said edge a distance corresponding to a standard reference for engaging a surface of a switch receptacle.
A device for leveling, registered spacing and aligning of adjacent first and second plug receiving receptacles arranged in an electric outlet box:
- said device having a rear surface with only a single set of spaced apart male bar prongs arranged along spaced apart bar prong axes extending outwardly from said rear surface, a first male bar prong of said set being a hot wire bar prong and being sized, dimensioned and arranged to matingly insert into a corresponding female hot wire bar slot of an electric plug receiver of said first adjacent plug receiving receptacle, and a second male bar prong of said set being a neutral grounded wire bar prong and being sized, dimensioned and arranged to matingly insert into a corresponding female neutral grounded wire bar slot of said electric plug receiver of said first adjacent plug receiving receptacle;
- first and second level means, said first level means arranged to indicate horizontal level and said second level means arranged to indicate vertical level of an axis intersecting about perpendicular to said spaced apart bar prong axes;
- wherein said rear surface comprises reference means, spaced from said male bar prongs, said reference means being sized and arranged to engage said second plug receiving receptacle in registered spaced alignment with said first plug receiving receptacle, when said first and second male bar prongs are matingly inserted into said corresponding female hot wire and neutral grounded wire bar slots of said first adjacent plug receiving receptacle;
- and,
- a surface of said body comprises a slot dimensioned to receive a handle of a switch, said slot being spaced from an edge of said surface having said slot, a measured distance corresponding to a standard reference for engaging a surface of a switch receptacle.
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