Sectional electrical boxes

• US 8,088,998 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2008
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James M. Nelson
• Original Assignee: James M. Nelson
• Inventors: Nelson, James M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Dhirubhai R
• Application Number:
  US12/185,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20100025064A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 174/50, 174/58, 174/63, 220/4.02, 439/335, 248/906, 335/28
• US Class Current: 174/50
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0013 assembled by resilient members
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/906 Electrical outlet box support

Abstract

Flush mount and surface mount sectional electrical box assemblies is provided. In the flush mount electrical box, the male section has a clamping member and a mounting bracket guide. The female section has a clamp guide, a mounting bracket, and a ramp. In the surface mount sectional electrical box assembly the base section fits inside the front section. Wire molding joining the surface mount box with a molding base having an integrally molded combination raceway and a molding cover. A further embodiment provided is a complete electrical box assembly with the clamp members biasing toward the ramps.

Claims

1. An electrical box comprising:

a male section with a periphery male interlock on an open end wall having an open front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of opposing sidewalls;

a female section with a periphery female interlock on said open front wall having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of opposing sidewalls and a back wall;

the male section consist of a yoke boss, a clamp arm with an integral clamp member, and a mounting bracket guide;

whereas the female section consist a yoke post, a clamp guide, a ramp, a retaining wall, a mounting bracket, and an anchor flange;

further comprising the mounting bracket sliding into the mounting bracket guide and the clamp arm sliding into the clamp guide form an assembly;

said box and said walls can be round configurations.

2. The electrical box according to claim 1, wherein the clamp member bias toward the ramp securing conductors;

further comprising the clamp member and the retaining wall form a closure of a cable port;

the port perpendicular to the ramp;

further including the retaining wall integrally connected to the yoke post;

the yoke post slides into a yoke raceway on the male section.

3. The electrical box according to a claim 1, wherein mechanical fasteners secure the yoke boss and the yoke post;

the clamp arm an elongated cutout when aligning with the yoke post;

further comprising a snap tab engages a snap recess to connect the male section and the female section;

an anchor boss integrally connected to the yoke boss.

4. The electrical box according to claim 1, wherein the male section and the female section fabricated then fused together;

further including the electrical box fabricated as a complete assembly.

5. An electrical box comprising:

a surface mount box with a front section an open front wall having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of opposing sidewalls, and an open end wall;

a base section having said open front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of opposing sidewalls, and a back wall;

the front section consist of a yoke boss, a clamp arm with an integral clamp member, and a snap recess;

whereas the base section consist a yoke post, a snap tab, a clamp guide, a ramp, and a retaining wall;

the clamp member bias toward the ramp;

said yoke boss interlock with said yoke post and the front section fitting outside the base section to form an assembly;

said box and said walls can be round configurations.

6. The electrical box according to claim 5, wherein the front section clamp aligning with the base section the clamp guide, the ramp, the retaining wall, and a cable port;

further including mechanical fasteners secure the yoke boss and the yoke post;

the clamp arm an elongated cutout when aligning with the yoke post;

the yoke post slides into a yoke raceway on the front section.

7. The electrical box according to claim 5, wherein the front section periphery male interlock on the open end wall;

the base section periphery female interlock the open front wall form the assembly.

8. The electrical box according to claim 5, wherein the surface mount box configurations abuts encapsulating molding;

a molding base with a female interlock, a molding cover with spread side walls having male interlock legs manually squeezed into the female interlock on the molding base engages the molding cover;

the molding base receives a molding tab and a wire hanger insert;

further including the wire hanger continuous combination raceway.

9. the electrical box according to claim 5, wherein the front section and the base section fabricated then fused together;

further including the electrical box fabricated as a complete assembly.