Patent ID: 9271413
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H02G,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A shelter for a portable electrical inlet/outlet (PEIO) comprising: a base that includes a platform that physically supports a PEIO body, and a cover that mates with the base to substantially enclose the platform and protect the PEIO body from unwanted elements, wherein the shelter defines a first PEIO-cable hole and a second PEIO-cable hole, wherein the first PEIO-cable hole allows a first PEIO-cable to extend from the PEIO body within the shelter to an exterior of the shelter and the second PEIO-cable hole allows a second PEIO cable to extend from the PEIO body within the shelter to the exterior of the shelter, wherein the shelter defines at least one PEIO-component-connector-cable hole that allows a component cable to extend from the exterior of the shelter to at least one PEIO-component connector carried by the PEIO body within the shelter, and wherein the base further comprises at least a plurality of legs that extend downwardly from the platform, the plurality of legs elevate the platform and maintains the platform in a generally parallel relationship with a surface on which the shelter is set each of the legs having lumen defined therein, the lumen being connected to a drain aperture extending through the platform, such that the drain aperture drains water accumulating on the platform through the lumen out onto the surface on which the shelter is set.