Electrical and communications receptacle for furniture
First Claim
1. A box having an opened top and adapted to be mounted in an opening defined in an article of furniture;
- at least one electrical receptacle provided in said box;
a cover pivotably mounted to the opened top of the box, said cover being movable between an opened position and a closed position; and
means for preventing said cover from pivoting at an angle of substantially 45 degrees or greater relative to the opened top of the box;
wherein said cover will assume said closed position as a result of gravitational forces in the absence of an opposing force exerted thereon.
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Abstract
A box for electrical and communication receptacles is mounted in an opening in a furniture unit, and in particular, the top surface of an office conference table. The box has an opened top, and a cover is pivotably mounted to the opened top and movable between an opened position for providing access to the electrical and communications receptacles within the box, and a closed position in which access to within the box is restricted. The electrical receptacles within the box are coupled to an external source of electrical power by an electrical cord, and the communication receptacles within the box are coupled to external communication lines. The box is electrically grounded by the electrical cord coupling the box to the external source of electrical power. A wire is coupled between a surface of the grounded box and the pivotable cover to be in permanent engagement with the pivotable cover for providing continuous electrical grounding of the cover. The cover is pivotably mounted to the box so that it cannot be pivoted into an opened position at an angle greater than substantially 45 degrees relative to the top surface of the box so that the cover will automatically assume its closed position, as a result of gravitational forces, when no opposing force is applied to the cover.
64 Citations
19 Claims
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1. A box having an opened top and adapted to be mounted in an opening defined in an article of furniture;
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at least one electrical receptacle provided in said box; a cover pivotably mounted to the opened top of the box, said cover being movable between an opened position and a closed position; and means for preventing said cover from pivoting at an angle of substantially 45 degrees or greater relative to the opened top of the box; wherein said cover will assume said closed position as a result of gravitational forces in the absence of an opposing force exerted thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A box having an opened top and adapted to be mounted in an opening defined in an article of furniture,
at least one electrical receptacle provided in said box, means for electrically grounding said box, a cover pivotably mounted to the opened top of said box, said cover being movable between an opened position and a closed position, and means for electrically coupling said cover to said box for electrically grounding said box, wherein said means for electrically coupling includes a ground wire connected at one end thereof to said box, and at the other end thereof to said cover.
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13. A box having an opened top and adapted to be mounted in an opening defined in an article of furniture,
at least one electrical receptacle provided in the box, means for electrically grounding said box, a cover pivotably mounted to the opened top of said box, said cover being movable between an opened position and a closed position, means for preventing said cover from pivoting at an angle of substantially 45 degrees or greater relative to said opened top of the box such that said cover will assume said closed position as a result of gravitational forces in the absence of an opposing force exerted thereon; - and
means for electrically coupling said cover to said box for electrically grounding said cover. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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