US 11,982,072 B2
Wall installation connection box unit with a functional surface body
Günther Lehmann, Oberwolfach (DE); and Jürgen Schorer, Schiltach (DE)
Assigned to Hansgrohe SE, Schiltach (DE)
Filed by Hansgrohe SE, Schiltach (DE)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/209,877.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 203 794.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0301507 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. E03B 7/09 (2006.01); H02G 3/06 (2006.01); H02G 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC E03B 7/095 (2013.01) [H02G 3/0616 (2013.01); H02G 3/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wall installation connection box unit, comprising:
a box housing body having a rear-side base portion and a sleeve portion projecting forward from the base portion, which sleeve portion peripherally surrounds an installation component mounting space, which installation component mounting space is accessible via an open front end face of the sleeve portion;
a functional surface body including a functional surface; and
a connection device which is configured for releasable fastening of the functional surface body to the base portion in different axial levels of the functional surface, and comprises at least one connection structure on the base portion radially outside the sleeve portion and a connection body cooperating with the connection structure, which connection body is user-operable via an actuation interface to be movable relative to the connection structure and to the functional surface body between a released position and a fastened position;
wherein:
the actuation interface of the connection body is located on a front side of the functional surface body positioned opposite the base portion of the box housing body whereby the actuation interface remains accessible after positioning the connection box unit in a wall opening, or
the connection body is rotatable between the released position and the fastened position, or
the connection device is configured for selective releasable fastening of the functional surface body in a first position and a second position, wherein, in the first position, the functional surface body is in front of a front side and, in the second position, the functional surface body is behind a rear side of the base portion of the box housing body whereby the wall installation connecting box unit can be installed with the functional surface body fastened in the first position or in the second position.