Patent ID: 8152125
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for mounting each one of a plurality of electrical devices in a selected fixed location, respectively, said devices requiring electrical cables to be attached thereto, said apparatus comprising: a housing having an interior bottom portion providing a planar mounting base for securing said electrical devices thereon, and a sidewall extending along a periphery of the bottom portion, a portion of the sidewall including a plurality of spaced apart apertures each having an open top portion, and each being configured for permitting a portion of an electrical cable to be dropped into and retained within an associated aperture; a grommet-forming web extending across said plurality of spaced apart apertures, said grommet forming web including a plurality of spaced apart centrally located vertically oriented intersecting slits disposed therethrough along and from a top portion to an interior portion, for permitting a cable portion to be pushed from the top portion into the interior portion of a vertical slit to be seated in said slits formed in an associated one of said plurality of apertures, the portion of the associated grommet-forming web providing a weather tight seal about the cable; and said devices each including at least one mounting tab for securing said devices onto said mounting base; said mounting base including a plurality of spaced apart mounting slots for receiving screws to secure the mounting tabs of said devices to said mounting base, each of said mounting slots being elongated and extending between opposing sidewalls of said housing.