US 12,283,804 B1
Screwless look junction box cover plate and bracket
Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Anthem, AZ (US)
Assigned to Titan3 Technology LLC, Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed by Titan3 Technology LLC, Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,716.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,055, filed on Feb. 14, 2022.
Int. Cl. H02G 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/14 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical junction box cover plate assembly comprising:
an electrical junction box configured to house electrical wires, the electrical junction box having a plurality of mounting screw apertures extending into the electrical junction box;
a cover attachment bar having an elongated shape with two ends, wherein each of the two ends has an attachment screw aperture configured to align with one of the plurality of mounting screw apertures of the electrical junction box and an extension extending outward from the end;
a plurality of screws each configured to extend through one of the attachment screw apertures and into one of the plurality of mounting screw apertures to attach the cover attachment bar to the electrical junction box; and
a cover plate having an upper side with a cavity, wherein the upper side is configured to face the electrical junction box, the cavity is configured to open toward the electrical junction box, and the upper side has an annular lip extending inward from an outer edge of the cover plate into the cavity and at least two entry ports extending through the annular lip, each of the at least two entry ports configured to receive one of the two ends of the cover attachment bar, wherein, when the two ends of the cover attachment bar are inserted into the at least two entry ports, the cover plate is rotatable with respect to the cover attachment bar and the electrical junction box to interlock the extensions of the two ends of the cover attachment bar with the annular lip of the cover plate;
wherein, when the extensions are interlocked with the annular lip, the cover plate is configured to conceal the electrical junction box, the cover attachment bar, and the plurality of screws such that only the cover plate is visible.