Interlocking trim plates
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1. A trim plate providing a gap-free installation with at least one adjacent trim plate in a switchboard, power panel or telecommunications enclosure, comprising:
- a substantially planar center panel;
a trim plate first flange having a first flange shape configured to cooperatively engage a second flange of a first adjacent trim plate; and
a trim plate second flange having a second flange shape configured to cooperatively engage a first flange of a second adjacent trim plate, wherein at least one of said trim plate first flange and said trim plate second flange extends a length defining a length of said center panel, one end of said trim plate is free to pivot about an opposite end of said trim plate for removal and installation of said trim plate disposed between said first and second adjacent trim plates.
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Abstract
An electrical enclosure includes gap-free trim plate installation. A switchboard or power panel includes an enclosure face with a central opening covered by a top label plate, a bottom label plate and a plurality of trim plates. The trim plate flanges cooperatively engage one another in an interlocking fashion. The interlocking arrangement allows the trim plates to remain in their installed position without external restraint during installation and removal.
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44 Claims
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1. A trim plate providing a gap-free installation with at least one adjacent trim plate in a switchboard, power panel or telecommunications enclosure, comprising:
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a substantially planar center panel;
a trim plate first flange having a first flange shape configured to cooperatively engage a second flange of a first adjacent trim plate; and
a trim plate second flange having a second flange shape configured to cooperatively engage a first flange of a second adjacent trim plate, wherein at least one of said trim plate first flange and said trim plate second flange extends a length defining a length of said center panel, one end of said trim plate is free to pivot about an opposite end of said trim plate for removal and installation of said trim plate disposed between said first and second adjacent trim plates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An enclosure for electrical or telecommunications equipment providing a gap-free trim plate installation, comprising:
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an enclosure body; and
a plurality of trim plates, wherein each trim plate of said plurality of trim plates includes;
a substantially planar center panel, a trim plate first flange having a first flange shape configured to cooperatively engage a second flange of a first adjacent trim plate, and a trim plate second flange having a second flange shape configured to cooperatively engage a first flange of a second adjacent trim plate, at least one of said trim plate first flange and said trim plate second flange extends a length defining a length of said center panel, one end of said trim plate is free to pivot about an opposite end of said trim plate for removal and installation of said trim plate disposed between said first and second adjacent trim plates. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of gap-free trim plate installation, the steps comprising:
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providing an electrical panelboard front;
providing a plurality of trim plates, each trim plate with an interlocking flange at one end and an opposite end, at least one of said interlocking flange at said one end and a said opposite end extending a length of said trim plate;
configuring said one end of said trim plate to freely pivot about said opposite end of said trim plate for removal and installation of said trim plate disposed between a first adjacent trim plate and a second adjacent trim plate;
securing a first trim plate to said panelboard front;
interlocking a first flange of a second trim plate with a second flange of said first trim plate;
releasing said second trim plate; and
installing trim plate mounting fasteners. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An enclosure for telecommunications or computer equipment providing a gap-free cover plate installation, comprising:
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an enclosure body; and
a plurality of cooperatively engaged cover plates, wherein each cover plate of said plurality of cover plates includes;
a substantially planar center panel, a first flange having a first flange shape configured to cooperatively engage a second flange of a first adjacent cover plate, and a second flange having a second flange shape configured to cooperatively engage a first flange of a second adjacent cover plate, at least one of said first flange and said second flange extends a length defining a length of said center panel, one end of said cover plate is free to pivot about an opposite end of said cover plate for removal and installation of said cover plate disposed between said first and second adjacent cover plates. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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