US 12,348,020 B2
Outlet box
Tianyuan Yang, Milton (CA)
Assigned to IPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC., Mississauga (CA)
Filed by IPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC., Oakville (CA)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/738,143.
Application 18/738,143 is a continuation of application No. 17/868,023, filed on Jul. 19, 2022, granted, now 12,107,405.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3140973 (CA), filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0332933 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. H02G 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/14 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outlet box body for use as an outlet box, said outlet box body comprising:
walls defining an internal space and an opening, said opening permitting access to the internal space, said walls of the outlet box body comprising a base wall opposed from the opening and a peripheral side wall separating the base wall from the opposed opening to define the internal space therein;
an external retaining tab located externally from the internal space; and
a lid releasably attachable to the opposed opening in a closed configuration which prevents access to the internal space of the box body through the opposed opening;
wherein the external retaining tab comprises an elongated mounting slot extending lengthwise substantially parallel to the peripheral side wall for receiving a mounting mechanism at different positions along its length to mount the outlet box body;
wherein the mounting mechanism has a first semi-tightened position in the elongated mounting slot, where the outlet box body is movably mounted to a support surface such that relative movement of the outlet box body with respect to the mounting mechanism in the elongated mounting slot is permitted, and a second tightened position in the elongated mounting slot, where the outlet box is immovably mounted to the support surface such that relative movement of the outlet box body with respect to the mounting mechanism in the elongated mounting slot is restricted; and
wherein the lid is releasably attachable to the external retaining tab in an open configuration which permits access to the internal space through the opposed opening.