Patent ID: 6720495
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A method of delivering flush poke-through wiring fitting that is adapted to be supported in a floor opening in a floor of a building structure, the poke-through fitting comprising:providing an insert having an upper end adjacent to the floor and having a chamber defined therein which extends downwardly from the upper end; disposing a fire stopping material in the insert so that the fire rating of the floor, with the floor opening formed in the floor and with the poke-through wiring fitting supported in the floor opening, is substantially the same as the fire rating of the floor without the floor opening formed in the floor; providing a cover that overlies the insert and has an upper surface; mounting four communication/data jacks within the fitting such that the communication/data jacks do not extend upwardly beyond the upper surface of the cover; mounting four power receptacles within the fitting such that the power receptacles do not extend upwardly beyond the upper surface of the cover; and wherein the cover includes a cover plate having a body portion and a plurality of access covers movably connected with the body portion, each access cover being associated with a different one of the communication/data jacks and being movable between a first position at which the cover overlies the associated communication/data jack to prevent access thereto and a second position at which the associated communication/data jack is exposed to provide access thereto.