REPLACEMENT COVER PLATE FOR ELECTRIC OUTLET BOX

• US 3,636,236 A
• Filed: 05/01/1970
• Issued: 01/18/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Earl E. Smith
• Original Assignee: Earl E. Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Earl E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Myers, Lewis H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tone, D. A.
• Application Number:
  US05/033,769
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 174/66,67 220/24.2,24.3 D26/13.2
• US Class Current: 174/66
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/14 Fastening of cover or lid to box

Abstract

A replacement cover plate for an electric outlet box installed in a building structure with an open outer end thereof adjacent an original wall surface which is subsequently covered with a new wall covering means of substantial thickness forming a new outer wall surface spaced outwardly of the original. The cover plate of the invention comprises a central segment adapted to close and normally seal against the open end of the box without requiring relocation thereof, a peripheral wall means around the central segment extending outwardly thereof an amount substantially equal to the thickness of said wall covering means, and a peripheral edge flange around said peripheral wall means and parallel of the central segment having an inner face adapted to abut the new outer wall surface.

Claims

1. In combination, a replacement cover plate, and an electric outlet box fixedly installed in a building structure, said box having an open outer end adjacent an original wall surface of said structure, said original wall surface covered with a new wall covering means of substantial thickness to form a new outer wall surface spaced outwardly of said original, said cover plate formed of resinous plastic, electrically insulating material comprising a recessed central segment having an inside face abutting against and closing said open end of said outlet box, peripheral wall means integrally formed around said central segment extending outwardly thereof and amount substantially equal to the thickness of said wall covering means, and a peripheral edge flange integrally formed around said peripheral wall means parallel of said central segment and having an inner face abutting said new outer wall surface.

2. The replacement cover plate of claim 1 wherein said central segment is formed with one or more openings therein for accommodating portions of an electrical component mounted in said outlet box.