Flush mount-corner mount gang box

• US 7,858,878 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2008
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Dodd, James Michael, Garavuso, Michael, Babich, Tom
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R
• Application Number:
  US12/210,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20100067176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 174/50, 174/58, 174/57, 174/61, 174/62, 174/63, 174/64, 220/4.02, 248/343, 248/906, 439/535, 294/28, 522/207, 522/208, 361/679
• US Class Current: 174/58
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/123 in thin walls
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

The present invention includes a housing for hanging or mounting a wire and a device in a corner between two walls of a building. The housing includes an angular back plate. The angular back plate is bifurcated at an acute angle and the backplate further includes an angular raised portion which is similarly bifurcated at an acute angle and positioned in mating relation with the angular back plate. The raised portion is recessed from top, bottom and side edges of the angular back plate. The raised portion has planar front portions in angular relation to each other and enclosing the raised portion. The back plate is mounted to a corner defined by the wall frames using back plate holes. The angular raised portion mates with a building material affixed to the building wall frame. One of the planar front portions of the angular raised portion defines a hole for passing the wire therethrough.

Claims

1. A housing for mounting a wire and device in a corner between two walls of a building, comprising:

an angular back plate defining top, bottom, and side edges, the back plate being mountable to a building wall frame in a corner defined by two walls, the angular back plate being bifurcated at an acute angle; and

an angular raised portion protruding from the back plate, the angular raised portion being bifurcated at an acute angle and positioned in mating relation with the angular back plate, the raised portion having top, bottom, and side wall edges recessed from the top, bottom and side edges of the angular back plate, respectively, the raised portion having planar front portions in angular relation to each other, the angular raised portion having a specified height such that the top, bottom and side wall edges of the angular raised portion are mateable with a mating building material affixed to the building wall frame, and at least one of the planar front portions of the angular raised portion defining a section for passing a wire therethrough.

2. The housing of claim 1, wherein at least one of the acute angle of the angular back plate and the acute angle of the angular raised portion is a ninety degree angle.

3. The housing of claim 1, wherein the back plate and raised portion are bifurcated along a substantially central axis at the acute angle of the back plate and the raised portion, respectively, such that each side of the back plate and raised portion is in opposing mirror image relation to the other.

4. The housing of claim 1, wherein the back plate receives fastening devices for affixing the housing to the building wall frame.

5. The housing of claim 1, wherein the back plate and the raised portion define a region therebetween for receiving an interior building material.

6. The housing of claim 1, wherein the specified height of the raised portion substantially equals a thickness of the mating building material.

7. The housing of claim 1, wherein the back plate defines notches for sliding the housing into place with mating fasteners on the building wall frame.

8. The housing of claim 1, wherein the angular raised portion is mateable with drywall material providing a contiguous planar surface between front portions of the raised portion of the housing and the drywall material.

9. The housing of claim 1, wherein the back plate includes holes for mounting the back plate to the building wall frame.

10. The housing of claim 1, wherein the section of the front portion defines a hole for receiving the wire therethrough.

11. The housing of claim 1, wherein the front portion includes a section for affixing a device thereto for mounting the device in the corner.

12. A method for mounting a wire and device in a corner between two walls of a building, comprising:

providing a housing including an angular back plate being bifurcated at an acute angle, the housing including an angular raised portion protruding from the back plate, the angular raised portion having a specified height, the angular raised portion being bifurcated at an acute angle and positioned in mating relation with the angular back plate, the raised portion having top, bottom, and side wall edges recessed from top, bottom and side edges of the angular back plate, respectively, the raised portion having planar front portions in angular relation to each other;

providing a building wall frame having a corner defined by two walls;

mounting the housing to the corner of the building wall frame using holes defined in the back plate;

mating the top, bottom and side walls of the angular raised portion with a building material affixed to the building wall frame providing a contiguous planar surface between the planar front portions of the raised portion of the housing and the building material; and

passing a wire through a hole in at least one of the planar front portions of the angular raised portion.

13. The method of claim 12, further including:

affixing a device to the housing for mounting the device in the corner.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the device is affixed to at least one of the front portions of the raised portion.

15. The method of claim 13, further including:

connecting the device to the wire, before affixing the device to the housing.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the device is a detector for a security system.

17. A wire and device mounting system, comprising:

a housing for hanging a wire in a corner between two walls of a building, the housing including an angular back plate defining top, bottom, and side edges, the back plate defining holes for mounting the back plate, the angular back plate being bifurcated at an acute angle, an angular raised portion protruding from the back plate, the angular raised portion being bifurcated at an acute angle and positioned in mating relation with the angular back plate, the raised portion having top, bottom, and side walls recessed from the top, bottom and side edges of the angular back plate, respectively, the raised portion having planar front portions in angular relation to each other, the back plate being mountable to a wall frame in a corner defined by the wall frame and another wall frame using the back plate holes, the angular raised portion having a specified height such that the top, bottom and side wall edges of the angular raised portion are mateable with a building material affixed to the building wall frames providing a contiguous planar surface between the planar front portions of the raised portion of the housing and the building material, and at least one of the planar front portions of the angular raised portion defines a hole for passing the wire therethrough; and

an electronic device being connectable to the wire and mountable to the housing for mounting the device in the corner.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the device is a detector in a security system.