US 12,451,680 B2
Low profile outdoor pedestal
Joseph Nicholas Cretella, Ansonia, CT (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,366.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/238,341, filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061786 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 3/14 (2006.01); H02G 3/08 (2006.01); H02G 3/12 (2006.01); H02G 3/18 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/14 (2013.01) [H02G 3/081 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedestal assembly comprising:
a cover having a half egg shape, dome shape, or hemispheroid shape, the cover having a height and an outer perimeter, the cover having a cover body, and the cover body having at least one opening;
at least one door at is movable between a closed position to cover the at least one opening and an open position to uncover the at least one opening:
a box to be used in concrete or ground connected to the cover; and
a receptacle housing having one or more pre-receptacles housed in between the cover and the box, the cover being movable from a covered position covering the receptacle housing to an uncovered position allowing access to the receptacle housing, the one or more pre-receptacles being configured so that a plug can be plugged in horizontally, the height of the cover being sized so that the cover can cover the receptacle housing while the outer perimeter contacts the box in the covered position, and the cover moves vertically away from the box from the covered position to the uncovered position and vertically towards the box from the uncovered position to the covered position.