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US 6,723,919 B1Granted
Crossbox with sliding binding post mechanism
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorIsaac D. White
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Abstract
A connection box including a binding post and a sliding binding post mechanism. The sliding binding post mechanism includes a top rail, a bottom rail, a side rail slidably engaged in the top rail and the bottom rail, and a binding post connector mechanism slidably engaged in the side rail, the binding post connector mechanism having a binding post connector attached thereto and configured to provide an electrical connection to the binding post.
Claims19
A connection box, comprising:
- a binding post;
- and
- a sliding binding post mechanism, the sliding binding post mechanism comprising:
- a top rail;
- a bottom rail;
- a side rail slidably engaged in the top rail and the bottom rail;
- and
- a binding post connector mechanism slidably engaged in the side rail, the binding post connector mechanism having a binding post connector attached thereto and configured to provide an electrical connection to the binding post, and wherein the side rail includes a channel in which the binding post connector mechanism is slidably engaged.
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A binding post connector mechanism, comprising:
- a plate;
- an axle disposed in the plate;
- a slidable element located on the axle and configured to be disposed in a channel of a side rail located in a connector box;
- and
- a first binding post connector disposed in the plate and configured to make electrical contact with a first binding post in a connector box.
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A connection box, comprising:
- a plurality of binding posts;
- and
- means for electrically engaging at least one of the binding posts, the means for electrically engaging comprising:
- a plurality of rails;
- and
- binding post connector means slidably engaged in a channel of at least one of the rails, the binding post connector means having a binding post connector attached thereto and configured to provide an electrical connection to the binding post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.