Patent ID: 11906341
Assignee: THE FORD METER BOX COMPANY, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  F | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A meter box comprising:
a first coupling extending from a wall of the meter box;
a second coupling extending from the wall of the meter box opposite the first coupling;
wherein a space configured to receive a meter is defined by a distance that is created between the first coupling and the second coupling;
wherein the first coupling includes a body and a telescoping tube that is selectively extendable from and retractable towards the body;
wherein when the telescoping tube of the first coupling is either extended or retracted relative to the body, the distance of the space between the first coupling and the second coupling is changed;
wherein the body and the telescoping tube of the first coupling are in fluid communication with each other;
wherein the telescoping tube of the first coupling is movable linearly within a passageway in the body of the first coupling;
a ring is located about an inner periphery of the passageway in the body of the first coupling; and
a lip is located about an outer periphery of the telescoping tube of the first coupling so the ring is engageable with the lip of the telescoping tube at a predetermined amount of extension from the body to limit an extent to which the telescoping tube extends from the body of the first coupling.