Patent ID: 9219358
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G05B,H01H,H01R,H02G,H05K,Y02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for combining an electrical support box with at least one electrical wiring device by plug-in attachment action by an installer's hand, said electrical support box comprising at least one box locking structure, plurality of wire terminals selected from a group comprising live AC terminal, neutral AC terminal, a ground terminal, at least one load terminal, at least two traveler terminals and combinations thereof selectively linked by conductive bars to plurality of box joints complementing given plug-in receptacles and mating pins of given device joints included in said at least one electrical wiring device for connecting AC power to said at least one electrical wiring device; said at least one electrical wiring device comprising at least one device locking structure complimentary to said box locking structure and said given device joints are selected from a group comprising live AC joint, neutral AC joint, at least one load joint, at least two traveler joints, a ground joint and combinations thereof with each device joint is one of said plug-in receptacle and a pin, said method comprising the steps of: a. connecting said live AC terminal to live AC and said neutral AC terminal to neutral AC; b. connecting at least one of said load terminal and said ground terminal to one of a load and ground; c. installing said electrical support box into a standard wall box; d. attaching by an installer's hand at least one said electrical wiring device to said electrical support box by plugging the device joints to engage said box joints and said at least one box locking structure with said at least one device locking structure.