Patent ID: 6175078
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
In a flush poke-through wiring fitting that is adapted to be supported in a floor opening in a floor of a building structure; that includes an insert having an upper end adjacent to the floor and having a chamber defined therein which extends downwardly from the upper end; that has a fire stopping material disposed in the insert so that the fire rating of the floor, with the floor opening formed in the floor and with the poke-through wiring fitting supported in the floor opening, is substantially the same as the fire rating of the floor without the floor opening formed in the floor; that is adapted to have a source power service cable and a source signal service cable connected with the poke-through wiring fitting, which source power and source signal service cables may be disposed in a plenum below the floor before the floor opening is formed; that has a power receptacle mounted in the chamber so as to be adapted to be connected with the source power service cable and so as to be adapted to have an above floor power connector selectively connected therewith; and that has a top assembly which is connected with the upper end of the insert and which overlies the floor opening and which has an upper, outwardly facing surface, the improvement comprising:a mounting bracket that is adapted for supporting at least one data jack in the chamber, the mounting bracket comprising:a bracket first portion mountable in the top assembly; anda bracket second portion adapted to receive and support the at least one data jack, the second portion being mountable in the first portion in a height adjustable manner, whereby the height of the bracket second portion may be adjusted relative to the bracket first portion to allow data jacks of varying heights to be internally mounted in the fitting in a protected fashion such that the at least one data jack does not extend upwardly beyond the outwardly facing surface of the top assembly and is accessible through the top assembly.