Patent ID: 6739581
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A wire feeding guide for use in feeding wire wires through the an open front wall of the an electrical box and then through a hole in a side or back wall of the electrical box, the electrical box also having a top wall, and a bottom wall, the wired feeding guide comprising:an open trough forming a wire guide member, said open trough having only a lower surface for supporting the wires, and sides which do not overlay said lower surface, a support arrangement for supporting said wire guide member on the electrical box, such that said wire guide member extends from outside of the box through the open front wall of the box and into the box, and a wire retention element for retaining a wire to be fed through the open front of the electrical box into the box and through one of the holes in the sides or back wall of the box, in a position to pass over said wire guide member, said wire retention element having a opening therein through which the wire may be placed upon or lifted from the wire guide member.