Patent ID: 7112744
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A wall plate assembly having first and second interchangeable sections, each section comprising: a panel having a top surface and a bottom surface, said panel having at least one mounting aperture therethrough from said top surface to said bottom surface, to permit said panel to be mounted to an electrical device, said panel having a sidewall extension, said sidewall extension meeting said top surface and said bottom surface at a rounded edge, said sidewall extension projecting outward from said bottom surface, said panel having an end section, said end section having first and second engagement tabs extending outward therefrom, said end section having an opening, said opening located between said first and second engagement tabs, said first and second engagement tabs of said first and second interchangeable sections being relatively configured and arranged such that, upon relative linear movement of said end section of said panel of said first interchangeable section with said end section of said panel of said second interchangeable section into engagement with one another, said first engagement tab of said first interchangeable section, engages said second engagement tab of said second interchangeable section, and said second engagement tab of said first interchangeable section engages said first engagement tab of said second interchangeable section, said engaged first and second interchangeable sections defining a second opening, the periphery of said second opening being the sum of the peripheries of said opening of said first and second interchangeable sections.