Patent ID: 6276962
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A wall faceplate for permitting the passage and support of a coaxial cable of any of a plurality of diameters comprising, in combination;a generally rectilinear flattened plate of a rigid material, preferably a plastic, having a top edge and a bottom edge and two side edges there between and with an exposed front surface and an unexposed back surface, the plate having a width of between about 2.5 and 3.0 inches and a length of between about 4.5 and 5.0 inches and a thickness of between about 0.20 and 0.30 of an inch and having curved edges around the periphery curving toward the back unexposed surface of the plate forming a peripheral edge in a plane parallel with the general plane of the front surface and the back surface of the plate, the plate having three apertures, all three apertures located on the vertical midline of the plate, with the central aperture being between about 0.75 and 1.25 inch in diameter, the outermost apertures which are the attachment apertures each being between about 0.5 and 1.0 inch from the upper and lower edges and between about 0.20 and 0.25 of an inch in diameter, the plate including an indented area on the back unexposed surface of the plate being formed by the curved edges and the back surface being between about 0.10 and 0.20 of an inch in depth and between about 2.0 and 2.5 inches in height and between about 1.5 and 2.0 inches in width;a rectilinear diaphragm of elastomeric-like material, preferably a plastic, having an upper edge and a lower edge and side edges therein between with a thickness of between about 20 and 30 thousandths of an inch and a height of between about 2.0 and 2.75 inches and a width of between about 1.25 and 2.0 inches, the diaphragm having a hole with a diameter of between about 0.25 and 0.30 of an inch located on the centerline of each axis of the elastomeric diaphragm with four radius slits of between about 0.2 and 0.3 of an inch in length running toward the outside edge of the diaphragm at right angles to each other; andan adhesive coupling the diaphragm to the back surface of the plate with the hole in the diaphragm axially centered in the central aperture of the plate and with screws through the attachment apertures of the plate for coupling the plate to the wall with the front surface exposed whereby a length of coaxial cable of a reduced diameter of between about 0.20 and 0.35 of an inch may be passed through the hole and supported thereby as well as a length of coaxial cable of an enlarged diameter of up to 1.0 inch may also be passed through the hole and supported thereby.