Patent ID: 6395978
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
An infloor electrical outlet box assembly for accommodating and separating power wires and data/communication wires comprising:an outlet box positionable within a floor, said outlet box having a base, an opposed open end and a perimetrical side wall therebetween defining a box interior, said outlet box including a plurality of access ports through said side wall adjacent said base for providing separate entry of said power and said data/communication wires into the interior of said box; a service divider movably insertable into said box interior, said service divider having an arch-shaped base defined by opposed upper and lower arch-shaped surfaces, said lower archshaped surface defining a tunnel selectively alignable, upon said movable insertion of service divider, with at least one of said access ports, said upper arch-shaped surface being alignable with another of said access ports for accommodating said power wires thereover; said service divider further including an upstanding divider wall extending from said arch-shaped base towards said open upper end of said box upon insertion thereinto for accommodating said data/communication wires between said divider wall and said box side wall, said divider positioned for providing separation between said power wires and said data/communication wires; and an activation member fixably positioned at the open end of said box for supporting power receptacles and data/communication receptacles for terminating said power wires and said data/communication wires; said activation member having a depending divider wall for positioning in side-by-side registration with a portion of said upstanding divider wall for maintaining separation between said power wires and said data/communication wires and non-movably affixing the position of said service dividers in said box interior.