Universal recessed wall cabinet

• US 4,076,350 A
• Filed: 12/29/1975
• Issued: 02/28/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Norman Benjamin Crist
• Original Assignee: Norman Benjamin Crist
• Inventors: Crist, Norman Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilliam, Paul R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US05/644,431
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 312/242, 312/245, 232/431
• US Class Current: 312/242
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/1238 Shelters for engines, e.g. electrical meter housings

Abstract

A rectangular mounting frame of angle cross section encircling a case receivable at least partially within the opening of a wall includes an outer flange portion projecting perpendicularly from the case sidewalls closely overlying the margin of the wall opening and an inner flange portion slidable relative to the case sidewalls interposed between such sidewalls and the wall structure within the wall opening. Screws extend from the inside of the case through the case sidewalls and the inner flange portion of the mounting frame and are screwed into the wall structure within the wall recess.

Claims

1. A universal recessed wall cabinet for installation in a wall structure recess comprising:

a case defining a storage compartment, said case having a substantially rectangular cross section of substantially constant area from front to back of said case, the outer periphery of said case being formed by flat sidewalls including top, bottom and sides for blocking access between said storage compartment and the wall recess, and said case top, bottom and sides having forward coplanar edges defining a planar front opening;

a rectangular mounting frame separate from said case, including four border members arranged orthoginally, each border member being of angle cross section forming an outer flange portion and an inner flange portion, said inner flange portions of said four border members being parallel to and snugly encircling said case sidewalls and said outer flange portions of said four border members projecting outward from said border member inner flange portions for engagement with an outer face of the wall structure, said inner flange portion of each border member being substantially narrower than the width of said case sidewalls, and said mounting frame and case being relatively slidable for adjustment of said mounting frame toward and away from said case front opening for engagement of said mounting frame border member outer flange portions with the outer margin of the wall structure recess when said case is installed in such recess with its sidewalls extending inwardly beyond the inner edges of said mounting frame border member inner flange portions; and

securing pins of a length much greater than the combined thicknesses of said case sidewalls and said mounting frame border member inner flange portions for extending from inside said case, through said case sidewalls, through said mounting frame border member inner flange portions and penetrating into the wall structure forming the recess whereby said case and mounting frame are both secured in the wall structure recess by said securing pins.