Face plate assembly for electrical devices
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1. A wallbox-mountable face plate assembly comprising, in combination,(a) a wiring device;
- (b) a generally flat support plate supporting said device, removably attachable to said wallbox;
(c) a generally flat intermediate plate, removably attached to said support plate, having a first surface that is adjacent to a surface of said support plate and, opposite said first surface, a second surface that faces outward when said plates are mounted in a wallbox, said second surface being interrupted by a peripheral, outward-facing first cantilever snap; and
(d) a face member having a peripheral, inward-facing first connector demountably engaged with said first cantilever snap on said intermediate plate.
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Abstract
A wallbox-mountable face plate assembly includes a support plate for the control device, an intermediate plate that attaches to the support plate, and a face plate that snaps onto the intermediate plate. The face plate has a particularly simple construction, requiring no mounting structure on the interior of the back surface. The intermediate plate may be painted to match, or to contrast with, the color of the wall on which the assembly is to be mounted. Alternatively, the intermediate plate could be translucent and backlighted to provide a night light or pilot light.
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18 Claims
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1. A wallbox-mountable face plate assembly comprising, in combination,
(a) a wiring device; -
(b) a generally flat support plate supporting said device, removably attachable to said wallbox; (c) a generally flat intermediate plate, removably attached to said support plate, having a first surface that is adjacent to a surface of said support plate and, opposite said first surface, a second surface that faces outward when said plates are mounted in a wallbox, said second surface being interrupted by a peripheral, outward-facing first cantilever snap; and (d) a face member having a peripheral, inward-facing first connector demountably engaged with said first cantilever snap on said intermediate plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A multi-device assemblage of:
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(A) a plurality of wallbox-mountable electrical assemblies, each comprising, in combination, (a) a wiring device; (b) a generally flat support plate supporting said device, removably attachable to said wallbox; and (c) a generally flat and rectangular intermediate plate, removably attached to said support plate, having a particular height defined by two longitudinally-separated ends, a first surface that is adjacent to a surface of said support plate and, opposite said first surface, a second surface that faces outward when said plates are mounted in a wallbox, said second surface being interrupted by peripheral, outward-facing snaps at said longitudinally-separated ends of said intermediate plate; and (B) a generally rectangular face member having a height slightly greater than said particular height of each of said intermediate plates and a width slightly greater than the combined width of said plurality of intermediate plates, said face member having peripheral, inward-facing connectors demountably engaged with corresponding ones of said snaps on said intermediate plates.
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18. A multi-device assemblage of:
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(A) a plurality of wallbox-mountable electrical assemblies, each comprising, in combination, (a) a wiring device; (b) a generally flat support plate supporting said device, removably attachable to said wallbox; and (c) a generally flat and rectangular intermediate plate, removably attached to said support plate, having a particular width defined by two laterally-separated ends, a first surface that is adjacent to a surface of said support plate and, opposite said first surface, a second surface that faces outward when said plates are mounted in a wallbox, said second surface being interrupted by peripheral, outward-facing snaps at said laterally-separated ends of said intermediate plate; and (B) a generally rectangular face member having a width slightly greater than said particular width of each of said intermediate plates and a height slightly greater than the combined height of said plurality of intermediate plates, said face member having peripheral, inward-facing connectors demountably engaged with corresponding ones of said snaps on said intermediate plates.
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