Patent ID: 6184468
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
An electrical housing assembly adapted to be affixed behind a finished surface and to receive an electrical device which will be exposed outwardly from said finished surface, said housing assembly comprising:an electrical box formed by a rigid back plate, having two opposing surfaces and edges thereon, and four rigid sidewalls, each having two opposing surfaces and edges thereon, said sidewalls extending perpendicularly from said edges of said back plate thereby creating a protected housing area which has an accessible open side which is defined by said edges of said four sidewalls extending away from said back plate and wherein at least one of said surfaces of said back plate and said four sidewalls is adapted to permit a cable to enter said protected housing area;a frame-shaped flat adaptor adapted to affix an electrical device thereto which is attached to said electrical box by a hinge assembly coupled between one edge of said adaptor and one of said sidewalls whereby said adaptor has a closed position whereby it covers said open side of said protected housing area and an open position whereby said open side of said protected housing area is exposed;two mounting ears on said adaptor to permit easy coupling of said electrical device to said electrical housing assembly; anda detachable fastener for securing said adaptor over said open side of said protected housing area when said adaptor is in said closed position.