Patent ID: 6074246
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
A utility meter mounting unit and elements cooperative therewith for placement of a utility meter a predetermined distance from the normally available meter power socket and meter power socket housing which provides a power connection site, including:a) a front panel arrange for attachment to said meter power socket housing for closure of the same;b) said front panel having a passage therethrough to allow said mounting unit to be attached to the meter socket and extend through said panel;c) said meter mounting unit including a longitudinally extending body having a pair of ends, a first of said ends being of a dimension to pass through said panel passage, the other of said end providing a radially outwardly extending shoulder of great dimension than said body;d) connection means provided integrally with said body to be received into the power socket for power transmission connection of said body to the socket;e) at least one capturing means integral with said panel passage to abut with said extending shoulder of said other end of said body whereby said body is maintained by said panel in connected position in the power socket;f) means for securing said panel to the housing to maintain said body in connected position to the power socket;g) said extending body providing a connector passage therethrough between the shoulders thereof for receiving power from a remote power source for delivery of the same to the site; and,h) means for securing a meter at first end of said body.