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US 7,582,830 B2Granted
Oversized electrical wall plate
OwnerJoseph Claffyinventor
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Abstract
A wall plate for securing an electrical outlet to a wall or other planar surface having channels that pass through recessed bores on an exterior surface and conduits for guiding the application of inserts for securing the electrical outlet to the wall or other planar surface.
Claims3
An oversized wall plate having a one-piece construction for holding an electrical outlet in a wall or other planar surface comprising:
- a perimeter having a plurality of upstanding walls;
- an exterior surface having an opening for access to an outlet and an interior surface in communication with the upstanding wall, which has first and second parallel members and third and fourth parallel members;
- corners formed by the meeting of the parallel members;
- recessed bores having shoulders adjacent the corners leading to channels extending therefrom through the exterior surface and interior surface for application of inserts for securely mounting the wall plate onto a wall or other planar surface;
- the interior surface having conduits for guiding the inserts to the wall or other planar surface for mounting the wall plate, said conduits providing rigid secure engagement of said wall plate to said wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.