Patent ID: 6444906
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: H01R,H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
An exterior wall-mounted accessory outlet unit for a recreational vehicle, motor home, travel trailer or mobile home with an exterior wall, comprising:a housing adapted to be positioned through the exterior wall of a recreational vehicle, motor home, travel trailer or mobile home, and having side walls, each of the side walls having a top edge, two side edges, and an inward-facing surface with a receiving ridge parallel to the top edge of the respective each of the side walls, and such that the side edges of each of the side walls are spaced apart and are fixably joined in series such that the inward-facing surfaces of each of the side walls face inward and define a first space and the top edge of each of the side walls is joined and forms a first plane and the receiving ridge on each of the side walls forms a second plane, and having a mounting lip with an exterior surface and a planar underside, for positioning upon the exterior wall of the recreational vehicle, motor home, travel trailer or mobile home, such that the top edge of each side wall, and the first plane formed thereby is fixably joined to the planar underside of the mounting lip, and a mounting plate, shaped to fit within the second plane formed by the receiving ridge on each of the side walls, with an outwardly-facing planar surface, an inward-facing surface, at least one aperture in the mounting plate for receiving at least one accessory outlet, and a peripheral edge, so that the peripheral edge of the mounting plate is affixed to the receiving ridge of the inward-facing surface of each of the side walls of the housing, such that the inward-facing surface encloses one end of the first space defined by a series of the inward-facing surfaces of each of the side walls and the outwardly-facing planar surface is generally parallel to a plane defined by the exterior wall of a recreational vehicle, motor home, travel trailer or mobile home.