US 11,721,960 B2
Floor box and method of installing
Thomas L. Scanzillo, Monroe, CT (US); Michael J. Marchetti, Bridgeport, CT (US); Christopher A. Carbone, Newton, CT (US); and Ryan G. Papageorge, Shelton, CT (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/117,941.
Application 17/117,941 is a continuation of application No. 16/141,179, filed on Sep. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,879,684.
Application 16/141,179 is a continuation of application No. 15/889,761, filed on Feb. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,084,297, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Application 15/889,761 is a continuation of application No. 15/131,266, filed on Apr. 18, 2016, granted, now 9,887,527, issued on Feb. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/149,033, filed on Apr. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0098979 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 3/00 (2006.01); H02G 3/10 (2006.01); H02G 3/08 (2006.01); H02G 3/14 (2006.01); H02G 3/18 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/105 (2013.01) [H02G 3/083 (2013.01); H02G 3/085 (2013.01); H02G 3/14 (2013.01); H02G 3/185 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floor box for housing electrical components comprising:
a bottom wall;
a plurality of walls extending from the bottom wall to at least partially define an interior and to at least partially define a central opening accessible to a user;
a first wiring compartment facing the central opening;
a second wiring compartment facing the central opening;
a first panel positioned in front of the first wiring compartment;
a second panel positioned in front of the second wiring compartment; and
a conductor conduit extending across the central opening between the first compartment and the second compartment, wherein the conductor conduit is at least partially defined by a first conduit side wall, a conduit top wall, and the bottom wall, and wherein the conductor conduit extends through approximately the center of the central opening and the conductor conduit is further defined by a second conduit side wall.