Obliquely walled electrical box

• US 4,758,687 A
• Filed: 05/16/1986
• Issued: 07/19/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Deborah Ann Lathrop
• Original Assignee: Deborah Ann Lathrop
• Inventors: Lathrop, Deborah Ann
• Primary Examiner(s): Grimley, A. T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tone, David A.
• Application Number:
  US06/863,852
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• Field of Search: 174/53, 174/66, 174/67, 339/36, 339/37, 339/39, 220/3.2, 220/3.3, 220/3.92, 220/3.94, 439/135, 439/136
• US Class Current: 174/53
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/18 providing line outlets

Abstract

The present invention comprises an electrical enclosure apparatus having a left side wall, a right side wall, upper and lower walls and a rear panel. At least one of said walls is disposed obliquely with respect to said panel. An electrical device such as a switch or an electrical outlet is disposed through the oblique wall(s). The switch or outlet may have its own housing attached to the oblique wall, or it may be enclosed in part of the housing that comprises the oblique wall itself. The enclosure apparatus may be installed in a building under construction, and the electrical devices wired into the enclosure apparatus by the electrician, in only one visit, and before the finished wall has no effect on the electrical assembly contrary to what it does on regular electrical units.

Claims

1. An enclosure apparatus adaptable for use in a building wall, to supportively house at least one electrical device, comprising:

a first and a second side wall attached to an upper and a lower wall having a rear panel there attached comprising an enclosure box;

at least one portion of each of at least two adjacent walls being obliquely disposed with respect to said rear panel; and

means for receiving an electrical device in at least one of said oblique walls.

2. An enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said oblique wall is disposed at an angle of greater than 90°

with respect to said rear panel.

3. An enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 2 wherein the angle between said oblique wall an said rear panel is within a range from about 110°

to about 150°

.

4. An enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein a wire support is disposed onto one of said walls or panel to permit storage of electrical cord thereon.

5. An enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 1, including a frame disposed about the periphery of said walls.

6. An enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein a front panel is movably disposed in said frame.

7. An enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 1, including a separate housing for an electrical device, attachable to at least one of said oblique walls.

8. An enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 1, including a unitary housing for an electrical device, common with said enclosure apparatus.

9. A method of making an enclosure apparatus for use in a building to supportively house at least one electrical device, comprising the steps of:

providing an enclosure box having a left and a right side wall, a top and a bottom wall, and a rear panel attached to said walls;

arranging at least two adjacent walls at an oblique angle with respect to said rear panel; and

disposing an electrical device through at least one oblique wall of said enclosure box.

10. A method of making an enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 9, therein said oblique wall is arranged at an angle of about 110°

to about 150°

with respect to said rear panel.

11. A method of making an enclosure apparatus as recited in claim 10, including:

movably supporting a front panel on said enclosure apparatus to enclosed said electrical device therein.