Patent ID: 6566600
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A multiple gang junction box assembly, comprising:(a) a main box having rear, top, bottom and opposite side walls interconnected so as to form an interior chamber in said main box, said top, bottom and opposite side walls of said main box forming a front peripheral edge on said main box defining a front opening to said interior chamber which is spaced forwardly from and in opposing relationship to said rear wall of said main box; (b) a plurality of divider panels insertable into and removable from said interior chamber of said main box through said front opening thereof and being separable from said main box, each of said divider panels having opposite rear and front edges and upper and lower edges which extend between said rear and front edges; (c) first and second pluralities of positioning elements for receiving and positioning said divider panels in said interior chamber so as to laterally space apart said divider panels from one another in lockable positions in said main box and to partition said interior chamber into a plurality of side-by-side compartments, said first plurality of positioning elements disposed in said interior chamber on either portions of said rear wall or portions of said top and bottom walls of said main box adjacent to said rear wall thereof, said second plurality of positioning elements disposed on portions of said upper and lower edges of said divider panels being spaced from said front and rear edges of said divider panels and on portions of said top and bottom walls of said main box and being spaced from said rear wall and said front peripheral edge of said main box and forwardly from said first plurality of positioning elements; and (d) a front cover plate separable from said main box and said divider panels, said front cover plate having opposite front and rear sides and attachable to said main box such that said rear side of said front cover plate covers said front opening of said main box and portions of the rear side of the front cover plate are capable of making flush contact with the front edges of the divider panels so as to close off said side-by-side compartments from one another at said front edges of said divider panels when said divider panels are in said locked positions in said main box.