Electrical junction box
OwnerRyan M. Blaineinventor
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Abstract
An electrical junction box including an upper case half having at least a first upper cable passage port, the upper case half opening forwardly and being rearwardly chamfered; a lower case half having at least a first lower cable passage port, the lower case half opening forwardly and being rearwardly chamfered; and a pair of hingedly attached pivot arms connected operatively to the upper and lower case halves, the pivot arms being adapted for facilitating movements of the upper case half between recessed and wire receiving positions, the upper case half overlying the lower case half upon movement to the recessed position, and the upper case half displacing forwardly from the recessed position upon movement toward the wire receiving position.
Claims11
An electrical junction box comprising:
- (a) a vertical case half having a vertical wall, said wall being apertured by at least a first vertical cable passage port, said case half further opening forwardly and being rearwardly chamfered;
- (b) an oppositely vertical case half having an oppositely vertical wall, said wall being apertured by at least a first oppositely vertical cable passage port, said case half further opening forwardly and being forwardly chamfered;
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- (c) means for mounting the vertical case half onto the oppositely vertical case half, said means being connected operatively to both the vertical and the oppositely vertical case halves, said means being adapted for facilitating movements of the vertical case half between recessed and wire receiving positions, the vertical case half vertically overlying the oppositely vertical case half upon movement to the recessed position and displacing forwardly from the recessed position upon movement toward the wire receiving position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.