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US 7,064,268 B2Granted
Floor box cover assembly
AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorCong Thanh Dinh
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Abstract
A floor box cover assembly includes a cover and a ring assembly. The cover is pivotally connected to the ring assembly. The ring assembly rotates to allow the wires to extend through an access opening in the cover into the interior of a housing during use or to block the access opening in the cover to prevent access to interior of housing during nonuse.
Claims23
A floor box cover assembly comprising:
- a) a first ring including a raised inner annular lip and planar flange thereabout, said flange including an elongated hole therethrough;
- b) a second ring including a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface having a planar inner rim and a depending raised wedge thereabout, said raised wedge including a pivotal engagement portion, said second ring being seated on top of said planar flange of said first ring;
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- c) a cover including a pivotal cover portion, said pivotal engagement portion and said pivotal cover portion cooperatively providing a pivotal connection of said cover to said second ring.
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A floor box cover assembly comprising:
- a) a first ring including a raised inner annular lip and planar flange thereabout, said raised annular lip including a tongue protruding inwardly and a housing attachment mechanism protruding inwardly, said planar flange including a pair of elongated holes;
- b) a second ring including a planar inner flange and a depending raised portion wrapping around an exterior circumference of said planar inner flange, said raised portion having a cover locking mechanism, a hinged ring attachment member diametrically opposed to said cover locking mechanism, and a pair of pin holes, said second ring being seated on said planar flange of said first ring;
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- c) a planar cover including an access opening, protruding locking nubs and a hinge cover attachment member, said hinged cover attachment member and said hinged ring attachment member cooperatively providing a pivotal connection of said cover to said second ring, said protruding locking nubs being located on a perimeter of said cover to engage with said cover locking mechanism to retain said cover in a closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.