Patent ID: 7554036
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A wall plate assembly having first and second mateable sections, for mounting about a wall opening of a wall in a hollow wall structure for passing of communications cable from inside the hollow wall structure through the wall opening to outside the hollow wall structure, comprising: a first mateable section having an bottom surface for mounting against the wall and about the wall opening, and an opposed outer surface, said first section having an end section, said end section having first and second engagement tabs extending outward therefrom, said end section having an indentation for alignment with the wall opening, said indentation formed between said first and second engagement tabs, said first section end section further including a cable support passage extending outward from said first section bottom surface, said cable support passage extending through the wall opening and into the wall structure, said cable support passage sloped with respect to said first section, a second mateable section having an bottom surface for mounting against the wall and about the wall opening, and an opposed outer surface, said second section having an end section, said end section having first and second engagement tabs extending outward therefrom, said first and second engagement tabs of said first sections being relatively configured and arranged such that, upon relative linear movement of said first section end section with said end section of said second section, into engagement with one another, said first engagement tab of said first section, engages said second engagement tab of said second section, and said second engagement tab of said first section engages said first engagement tab of said second section, said engaged first and second sections defining an opening, said opening in communication with said cable support passage.