Faceplate attachment system
AssigneeControl4 Corporation
InventorsRoger T. Johnsen, Richard C. Hedderich, Brent D. Madsen, Michael E. Dallon
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for mounting a faceplate. The system includes a sub-plate configured to be coupled to a junction box. The sub-plate can have an interference-fit socket extending through the sub-plate. The interference-fit socket includes one or more interference fingers located adjacent to a post opening. A post extending from the faceplate can be positioned and sized such that, as the faceplate is coupled to the sub-plate, the post will be received into the post opening in the interference-fit socket and engaged by the one or more interference fingers, enabling the faceplate to be securely mounted to the sub-plate.
Claims20
A system for mounting a faceplate, comprising:
- a sub-plate configured to be coupled to a junction box;
- an interference-fit socket extending through the sub-plate, wherein the interference-fit socket comprises one or more interference fingers located adjacent to a post opening;
- a post extending from the faceplate, the post being positioned and sized such that as the faceplate is coupled to the sub-plate the post will be received into the post opening in the interference-fit socket and engaged by the one or more interference fingers, enabling the faceplate to be securely mounted to the sub-plate;
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- wherein the post opening having a size less than a width of the post.
A system for mounting a faceplate, comprising:
- a sub-plate configured to be coupled to a junction box;
- an interference-fit socket extending through the sub-plate, wherein the interference-fit socket comprises one or more interference fingers located adjacent to a post opening, wherein each of the one or more interference fingers has a first side and a second side, the first side facing the post opening while the second side faces an area that is substantially open for a length of the interference finger;
- a post extending from the faceplate, the post being positioned and sized such that as the faceplate is coupled to the sub-plate the post will be received into the post opening in the interference-fit socket and engaged by the one or more interference fingers, enabling the faceplate to be securely mounted to the sub-plate;
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- the post opening having a size less than a width of the post.
A system for mounting a faceplate, comprising:
- a sub-plate configured to be coupled to a junction box;
- a post extending from the faceplate;
- an interference-fit socket extending through the sub-plate, wherein the interference-fit socket comprises one or more interference fingers, wherein each of the one or more interference fingers has a first side and a second side, the first side having an indentation configured to receive the post, while the second side faces an area that is substantially open for a length of the interference finger;
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- the post being positioned and sized such that as the faceplate is coupled to the sub-plate the post will be received into the indentation in the one or more interference fingers and engaged by the one or more interference fingers, enabling the faceplate to be securely mounted to the sub-plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.