Patent ID: 6545214
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A device to permit utilities connections to be added to a wall of a building, said device comprising:a base frame adapted for attachment to adjacent wall studs, said base frame having spaced upper and lower elongated horizontal sections, connected by a central section to provide stability and spaced vertical end sections, the spacing between horizontal sections defining a zone for the receipt of electrical component boxes therein; each of the horizontal sections having an upper edge and a lower edge, said base frame's horizontal sections each having a forwardly extending, slot containing, segment in mirror image relationship at the upper edge of the upper section, and at the lower edge of the lower horizontal section; wherein the distance between the slot of the upper horizontal section and the slot of the lower horizontal section of the base frame coincides with the distance between the mounting screws on the flanges of conventional electrical components for the securement thereof to the base frame; a cover member having obverse and reverse sides, with a pair of edges located spaced elongated splines, each one of which is adapted to matingly engage one of the slots on said base frame.