Patent ID: 6750398
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
Apparatus for recessing a substantially flat-faced electrical device mounted in a wall, said apparatus comprising:a frame having an open front and an open back and adapted to be mounted alternatively by means of a first flange to a side of a wall stud, which side of said wall stud is perpendicular to said wall, and by means of a second flange to face a of the wall stud, which face abuts said wall, said frame adapted to receive said electrical device with the flat-face thereof in a substantial recessed relationship, nominally one-half inch, with respect to the surface of said wall with said open front of said frame being substantially coplanar with the surface of said wall; a escutcheon plate having an outer rim for engaging the surface of said wall and also having a recessed open center portion adapted to engage and frame said electrical device, to which said escutcheon plate is adapted to be removably attached.