Radiant element housing

• US 7,439,442 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2006
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BARO GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: BARO GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Schutte, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R
• Application Number:
  US11/605,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20080029286A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 174/50, 174/53, 174/58, 174/57, 174/17.R, 174/17.T, 174/135, 220/3.92, 220/3.94, 220/4.02, 361/641, 361/600, 361/601, 439/535, 248/906, 362/147, 312/351.11
• US Class Current: 174/50
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/906 Electrical outlet box support

Abstract

A housing has two housing modules that are releasably connected to one another. The housing modules are releasably connected to one another at oppositely located wall regions via corresponding pairs of slots and hooks in engagement therewith. A snap-lock device is provided which locks the housing modules in the connected state in order to prevent unintentional release.

Claims

1. A housing having two housing modules that are releasably connected to one another, wherein the housing modules are releasably connected to one another at oppositely located wall regions via corresponding pairs of slots and hooks in engagement therewith;

and a snap-lock device comprising a snap-lug on a wall region of one housing module which is retained against an edge of a cutout located in a wall region of said other housing module is provided which locks the housing modules in the connected state in order to prevent unintentional release, wherein one open side of the housing module is closed off by a cover that is releasably connected to a wall region of the housing module, and the cover possesses tabs which engage into corresponding slots of the other housing module.

2. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the modules are made entirely or partly of metal or plastic.

3. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the modules are embodied for reception of electrical apparatuses.

4. The housing according to claim 3, wherein the modules are embodied for the reception of a radiant element.

5. The housing according to claim 4, wherein one of said modules includes an opening for receiving said radiant element.

6. The housing according to claim 5, further comprising a radiant element housing releasably secured within said opening, said radiant element disposed within said radiant element housing.

7. The housing according to claim 1, wherein at least one housing module is manufactured from a flat sheet that comprises fold seams.

8. A housing having two housing modules that are releasably connected to one another, wherein the housing modules are releasably connected to one another at oppositely located wall regions via corresponding pairs of slots and hooks in engagement therewith;

and a snap-lock device comprising a snap-lug on a wall region of one housing module which is retained against an edge of a cutout located in a wall region of said other housing module is provided which locks the housing modules in the connected state in order to prevent unintentional release, wherein one open side of the housing module is closed off by a cover that is releasably connected to a wall region of the housing module, and the cover possesses tabs which engage into corresponding slots of the other housing module, wherein the cover is releasably attached to the wall region of the associated housing module by way of a second snap-lock device comprising a snap-lug on said wall region which is retained against an edge of said cover.

9. A housing having two housing modules that are releasably connected to one another, wherein the housing modules are releasably connected to one another at oppositely located wall regions via corresponding pairs of slots and hooks in engagement therewith;

and a snap-lock device comprising a snap-lug on a wall region of one housing module which is retained against an edge of a cutout located in a wall region of said other housing module is provided which locks the housing modules in the connected state in order to prevent unintentional release, wherein at least one housing module is manufactured from a flat sheet that comprises fold seams and said at least one housing module includes retention devices for the connection of wall regions that are adjacent in the folded state, the retention devices comprising a tab-shaped element on one wall region and a slot in a second wail region adjacent to the first wall region, for receiving the tab-shaped element.

10. A radiant element housing, comprising:

a first housing having a base and sidewalk extending upwardly therefrom, said first housing having at least one hook extending outwardly from a first sidewall of said first housing, and a snap-lock device extending outwardly from said first sidewall;

a second housing having a base and sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom, said second housing having a first cutout in a first sidewall, and at least one slot disposed adjacent said first cutout, wherein said at least one hook is removeably secured within said at least one slot and said snap-lock device is retained against an edge of said first cutout, thereby releaseably connecting said first housing to said second housing so that said first sidewall of said first housing is aligned with and adjacent said first cutout, and said second housing having a second cutout disposed in a second sidewall; and

a radiant heating element releaseably secured within said second cutout.