Plastic channel for electrical wiring
First Claim
1. An electrical wire support assembly for supporting electrical wire on building interior structures;
- the assembly comprising;
a hanger including a frame section and including a fastening flange extending integrally from the frame section, the frame section configured to support electrical wire, the fastening flange configured to secure the hanger to a building interior structure; and
an elongated non-metallic cover section configured to engage the frame section and conceal electrical wire supported in the frame section.
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Abstract
An electrical wire support assembly for routing wire along building interior structures includes a plurality of hangers that suspend electrical wiring from building interior structures. The hangers are fastened to the interior structures in a hanger row that follows a desired wiring path. Each hanger includes a slightly trapezoidal frame section integrally connected to a fastening flange. The hangers are shaped to support electrical wires strung through the frame sections and to allow elongated plastic cover sections to snap over the frame sections. The cover sections conceal and protect the electrical wiring. C-shaped couplers fit collar-like around the joined ends of the cover sections and hold the cover sections together end-to-end. Each fastening flange includes fastener holes for receiving fasteners such as nails or screws. Side walls of each hanger frame section include an integrally outwardly extending horizontal ridge. Side walls of each cover section each include a beveled upper edge and a horizontal groove. The beveled edges help initiate outward splaying of the cover side walls as the covers are being pushed into position over the hanger frame sections. The grooves are shaped and positioned to allow the hanger frame section ridges to snap into the grooves, securing the cover sections to the hanger frame sections.
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19 Claims
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1. An electrical wire support assembly for supporting electrical wire on building interior structures;
- the assembly comprising;
a hanger including a frame section and including a fastening flange extending integrally from the frame section, the frame section configured to support electrical wire, the fastening flange configured to secure the hanger to a building interior structure; and an elongated non-metallic cover section configured to engage the frame section and conceal electrical wire supported in the frame section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- the assembly comprising;
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17. An electrical wire support assembly for supporting electrical wire on building interior structures;
- the assembly comprising;
at least two elongated non-metallic cover sections, each of the cover sections having a generally U-shaped cross-section defining an elongated inner channel for concealing a length of electrical wiring; at least one coupler comprising a collar configured to receive the ends of two abutting cover sections, the collar having a generally C-shaped cross section slightly larger than that of the cover sections; a hanger including a frame section and including a fastening flange integrally connected to the frame section, the frame section configured to support the length of electrical wiring and to engage the inner channel of each of the cover sections, the fastening flange configured to secure the hanger to a building interior structure, the hanger including a horizontal ridge that extends integrally outwardly from along a portion of the frame section of hanger, the inner channel of each of the cover sections including a longitudinal groove that is shaped and positioned to receive the hanger frame section ridge.
- the assembly comprising;
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18. A method for installing an electrical wire support assembly on building interior structures, the assembly comprising a hanger including a frame section and including a fastening flange integrally extending from the frame section, the frame section configured to support the electrical wire and to engage the cover section, the fastening flange configured to secure the hanger to a building interior structure, the assembly further comprising an elongated non-metallic cover section configured to engage the frame section and to conceal the electrical wire supported in the frame section;
- the method including the steps of;
attaching the fastening flange of the hanger to a building interior structural member along a desired electrical wiring path; providing an electrical wire in the hanger; and engaging the cover section onto the hanger frame section. - View Dependent Claims (19)
- the method including the steps of;
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