Patent ID: 6915992
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: E04H,F21V,F21W,H02B

Abstract:
1. An electrical service apparatus for outdoors use, comprising: a top member including a rigid, hollow, elongated body having a side wall with a integral closed top and an open bottom; a base member including a rigid, hollow, elongated body having a side wall with an open top; a collar for connecting said top member and said base member; an access port with an opening formed in said side wall of said top member; a planar shelf secured horizontally across the interior of said hollow top member at the bottom of said access port with said shelf closing said hollow body of said top member; an electrical junction box near said closed top formed by said side wall, said integral closed top, and said shelf; one or more sections formed in said shelf to enable easy knockout of said sections as desired for passage of cables; a cover secured across said opening; an extender including a rigid, hollow, elongated body having a side wall with an open top and an open bottom; said side wall of said extender matches the geometrical shape of said side walls of said top member and said side walls of said base member; said side wall of said extender spaced the same distance apart as said side wall of said top member and the side walls of said base member; said bottom of said extender including a collar for connecting said extender to said base member or to an adjacent extender; said collar on said extender including walls spaced slightly larger than the outer surfaces of said side walls of said base member such that said extender may be joined to said base member by spreading an adhesive on the inner surface of said collar of said extender and on the outer walls of said open top of said base member and joining said extender and said base member together; and said extender may be joined to a second extender by spreading an adhesive on the inner surface of said collar of said extender and on the outer walls of said open top of said second extender and joining said extender and said second extender together.