Extension for electrical junction box

• US RE35,075 E
• Filed: 03/07/1994
• Issued: 10/31/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Condulet Adapter Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Condulet Adapter Incorporated
• Inventors: Lammens, Albert Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS
• Application Number:
  US08/207,822
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 220/3.2, 220/3.3, 220/3.5, 220/3.6, 220/3.7, 220/3.8, 220/3.92, 220/3.94, 220/4.26, 220/4.27, 174/50, 174/65 R
• US Class Current: 220/3.2
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/083 Inlets
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/086 Assembled boxes

Abstract

An extension box for electrical .[.condulets.]. .Iadd.CONDULET boxes .Iaddend.or junction boxes can be used by itself as a basic junction box in an electrical conduit system or as an auxiliary junction box coupled to a basic junction box to increase the interior volume of or extend a branch conduit system from the basic junction box. The body of the extension box has coupling hubs leading through the body walls to the body interior, for receiving ends of electrical conduits. Complementary male and female coupling formations are provided at the open front and back of the extension box body to permit two or more extension boxes to be coupled in stacked relation to a conventional junction box such as a .[.condulet.]. .Iadd.CONDULET.Iaddend.. Removable covers close the open back of the extension box.

Claims

1. An .[.electrical condulet.]. extension box .Iadd.for an electrical junction box, .Iaddend.comprising:

a body having sides and ends and a front and a rear;

a shear force carrying rim extending from the front of an outer perimeter of said body, said rim having an inner wall defining a coupling opening;

a floor adjacent to and surrounded by said rim, connected to said body and extending generally perpendicular to said rim, said floor having front mounting holes and a central opening therethrough;

a boss extending from the rear of said body and having an outer wall dimensioned to be engageable with the coupling opening, said boss having rear mounting holes therethrough aligned with the front mounting holes;

a flat gasket supported on the floor and within the rim; and

means for electrically connecting the front of the body to the rear of the body.

2. The extension box of claim 1 wherein said rim and body are substantially ovular.

3. The extension box of claim 1 further comprising at least one hub extending through the body.

4. The extension box of claim 1 wherein the means for electrically connecting comprises a conducting element extending from adjacent the floor to adjacent the back of the body.

5. The extension box of claim 1 wherein the means for electrically connecting comprises an electrically conducting material.

6. The extension box of claim 1 wherein the ends of the body are rounded. .Iadd.

7. An extension box for an electrical junction box, comprising:

a body having sides and ends and a front and a rear;

a shear force carrying rim extending from the rim of an outer perimeter of said body, said rim having an inner wall defining a coupling opening;

a floor adjacent to and surrounded by said rim, connected to said body and extending generally perpendicular to said rim, said floor having front mounting holes and a central opening therethrough;

a boss extending from the rear of said body and having an outer wall dimensioned to be engageable with the coupling opening, said boss having rear mounting holes therethrough aligned with the front mounting holes; and

means for electrically connecting the front of the body to the rear of the body. .Iaddend. .Iadd.8. The extension box of claim 7 wherein said rim and body are substantially ovular. .Iaddend. .Iadd.9. The extension box of claim 7 further comprising at least one hub extending through the body. .Iaddend. .Iadd.10. The extension box of claim 7 wherein the means for electrically connecting comprises a conducting element extending from adjacent the floor to adjacent the back of the body. .Iaddend. .Iadd.11. The extension box of claim 7 wherein the means for electrically connecting comprises an electrically conducting material. .Iaddend. .Iadd.12. The extension box of claim 7 wherein the ends of the body are rounded. .Iaddend.