Patent ID: 6600117
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: H01H,H02G

Abstract:
A two-piece doorbell button mounting device comprising:an enclosure including a peripheral wall having planar base and top edges; an integral peripheral flange perpendicular to and extending outwardly from said wall at said base edge; apertures in said flange for securing said enclosure to the exterior substrate on a building; integral projections planar with and extending between two of said top edges, said integral projections including a front surface; a cover for said enclosure, said cover including a back surface; an alignment arrangement for aligning said cover with said enclosure; a fastening arrangement for securing said cover to said enclosure; thick wall portions on said projections; and an opening in said cover in alignment with an opening in said enclosure for passage of wires therethrough, wherein securement of said cover to said enclosure by said fastening arrangement aligns said back surface of said cover with said front surface of said thick wall portions thereby providing an area on said mounting device capable of accepting pilot holes for receipt of fasteners for attaching the mounting plate of a doorbell button thereto.