Electrical outlet box expandable protector

• US 3,115,265 A
• Filed: 03/27/1962
• Issued: 12/24/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elmer T. Williams, James D. Neish, Virgil L. Mulkey
• Original Assignee: Elmer T. Williams, James D. Neish, Virgil L. Mulkey
• Inventors: Mulkey, Virgil L., Neish, James D., Williams, Elmer T.
• Application Number:
  US04/182,824
• Time in Patent Office: 637 Days
• US Class Current: 220/3.5
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/123 in thin walls

Claims

1. THE COMBINATION, WITH AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET BOX HAVING SIDE WALLS AND END WALLS, THE BOX BEING MOUNTED ADJACENT A WALL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN WITH EXPOSED WALL EDGES, THE BOX BEING SPACED FROM THE WALL, OF AN ADJUSTABLE PROTECTOR FOR THE EXPOSED WALL EDGES, COMPRISING:

(A) A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BAND INCLUDING TWO PAIRS OF CONNECTED CORNER PIECES;

(B) EACH PIECE OF ONE PAIR OF CORNER PIECES HAVING TWO SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR SECTIONS ARRANGED IN SUBSTANTIALLY A RIGHT ANGLE AT A VERTEX;

(C) A TAB EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM MEETING SIDE EDGES OF THE SECTIONS ON ONE SIDE OF THE PIECE ADJACENT SAID VERTEX;

(D) THE TABS BEING OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS;

(E) EACH PIECE OF THE OTHER PAIR COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR SECTIONS ARRANGED AT SUBSTANTIALLY A RIGHT ANGLE, THE LATTER SECTION HAVING SIDE EDGES FOLDED INWARDLY TO FORM SLIDE POCKETS SLIDABLY RECEIVING THE SIDE EDGES OF THE SECTION OF THE CORNER PIECE OF SAID ONE PAIR;

AND (F) THE BAND FITTING WITHIN THE OUTLET BOX BEARING AGAINST THE SIDE AND END WALLS THEREOF AND BEING EXTENDED OUTWARDLY TO AT LEAST COVER THE EXPOSED WALL EDGES WITH THE TABS OVERLYING THE ADJACENT WALL SURFACE.