Adjustable mid-panel spillover fitting

• US 7,208,676 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2004
• Issued: 04/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Inventors: VanderVelde, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R
• Application Number:
  US10/847,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20040206531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,071 Days
• Field of Search: 174/48, 174/68.1, 174/49, 174/72.A, 174/72.R, 174/97, 174/96, 174/DIG.7, 174/68.3, 174/99.R, 138/162, 52/361, 52/36, 522/41, 522/20, 522/21, 522/203, 52/362, 522/39, 522/207, 248/68.1
• US Class Current: 174/496
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/045 provided with perforations or slots permitting introduction or exit of wires
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0608 Joints for connecting non cylindrical conduits, e.g. channels
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/388 in modular walls, e.g. wall panels
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 174/07 Sodium conductors, connectors

Abstract

An adjustable mid-panel spillover fitting is disclosed. The fitting includes a base, a cover securable to the base, and a cover cap securable to the base and the cover. The base has a spillover side, and the cover has an opening on a side wall thereof for receiving the spillover side. The cover has a shelf extending toward the side wall, and the cover cap has a groove for receiving the shelf therein. The cover cap includes at least one latch on an inside surface thereof for securing the cover cap to the base in a plurality of predetermined positions, and the cover cap is adjustable between the plurality of predetermined positions.

Claims

1. An adjustable mid-panel spillover fitting comprising:

a base having a spillover side;

a cover securable to the base, the cover having an opening on a side wall thereof; and

a cover cap securable to the base and the cover, the cover cap having at least one latch on an inside surface thereof and being adjustable between a plurality of predetermined positions on said base.

2. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the base is mounted to a top surface of an office furniture panel.

3. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the base has a plurality of flanges.

4. The fitting of claim 3, wherein the base has four flanges.

5. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the base has a plurality of slots.

6. The fitting of claim 5, wherein the base has four slots.

7. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the spillover side has two vertical walls.

8. The fitting of claim 7, wherein the spillover side has two tapered sections adjacent the vertical walls and two side walls adjacent the tapered sections, the side walls forming a channel having a width substantially equal to a width of the vertical raceway section.

9. The fitting of claim 8, wherein each side wall has a rib on an inside surface thereof.

10. The fitting of claim 7, wherein each vertical wall has a plurality of grooves on an outside surface thereof.

11. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the cover is U-shaped.

12. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the cover has a plurality of ribs on an inside surface thereof.

13. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the cover has a shelf extending toward the side wall.

14. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the cover has a length greater than a length of the base.

15. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the cover cap has two latches.

16. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the cover cap has a groove.

17. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the cover cap is adjustable between any one of four predetermined positions.

18. An adjustable mid-panel spillover fitting comprising:

a base having a first spillover side and a second spillover side;

a cover securable to the base, the cover having a first opening on a firs side wall thereof and a second opening on a second side wall thereof;

a first cover cap securable to the base and the cover, the first cover cap having at least one latch on an inside surface thereof and being adjustable between a first plurality of predetermined positions on said base; and

a second cover cap securable to the base and the cover, the second cover cap having at least one latch on an inside surface thereof and being adjustable between a second plurality of predetermined positions on said base.