Patent ID: 7192302
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A system for coupling a jack assembly with a junction box, the system comprising: a plate with a jack hole sized and positioned to correspond to the jack assembly, the plate having a peripheral frame portion, the plate having a screw hole sized to receive a screw for coupling the plate with the junction box; and a gasket having a peripheral frame portion, the peripheral frame portion shaped to sealably couple with the peripheral frame portion of the plate, the gasket having an appendage portion, the appendage portion having a screw hole sized and positioned to receive the screw when the screw has passed through the screw hole of the plate, the plate having a rear surface engagable with the peripheral frame portion of the gasket and a hole frame portion that projects from the rear surface of the plate and extends around the screw hole of the plate, and the appendage portion of the gasket including an outer frame portion and an inner frame portion, and extending about the screw hole of the gasket, a groove therebetween to receive the hole frame portion of the plate.