Fabricated baseplate for electrical installations

• US 6,644,988 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2002
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rafael Healy
• Original Assignee: Rafael Healy
• Inventors: Healy, Rafael
• Primary Examiner(s): Luebke, Renee
• Assistant Examiner(s): Figueroa, Felix O.
• Application Number:
  US10/077,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20030157819A1
• Time in Patent Office: 629 Days
• Field of Search: 439/110, 439/120, 439/94, 439/209, D13/139.2, D13/146, 174/70.C, 174/97, 174/48, 174/49, 522/871, 522/881, 527/166, 527/161, 527/180.1, 527/180.3
• US Class Current: 439/120
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/14 Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length supporting elements for lighting devices, displaceable along guiding elements and making electrical contact with conductors running along the guiding elements F21V21/35
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0425 Plinths borders for use between floor or ceiling and wall E04F19/04

Abstract

A fabricated baseplate for electrical installations including a continuous insulative plastic device placed adjacent a floor of any room for insertion of any inlet plug of an appliance at any position in a room. The device has three parallel frontal indentations with each indentation containing a continuous necked electrical contact strip installed during the extrusion of the device. A support bracket is installed along a wall proximate the floor for positioning and securing the device which has cooperating protuberances in a top rear cavity. The device also has a bottom trough for installation of any electrical cables.

Claims

1. A fabricated baseplate outlet device for electrical installations, comprising:

an extruded insulative baseplate having a length, a front portion, a rear portion, a top portion and a bottom portion, the front portion defining three continuous parallel indentations extending along the length, the rear portion defining an open cavity at the top portion extending along the length of said baseplate;

each of said indentations having a continuous electrical contact for conducting current from a source of electricity; and

a generally rectangular block cooperating with the open cavity for securing said baseplate to a wall structure.

2. The baseplate outlet device according to claim 1, wherein the rear portion of said baseplate defines a continuous trough extending along the length at the bottom portion for insertion of electrical cables.

3. The baseplate outlet device according to claim 1, wherein said insulative baseplate and said block are made of plastic.

4. The baseplate outlet device according to claim 1, wherein each said continuous electrical contact includes a U-shaped brass strip embedded in each of said indentations during extrusion of the device.

5. The baseplate outlet device according to claim 4, wherein each said U-shaped brass strip includes a pair of parallel protrusions for gripping electrodes of a plug when inserted in said device.

6. The baseplate outlet device according to claim 1, wherein the open cavity includes top and bottom walls.

7. The baseplate outlet device according to claim 6, wherein said open cavity defines a continuous linear key extending along each of the top and bottom walls.

8. The baseplate outlet device according to claim 7, wherein said rectangular block includes linear slots conforming to each said key in said open cavity.

9. The baseplate outlet device according to claim 8, wherein said block has a horizontally aligned aperture for fastening said block to the wall structure.