Patent ID: 8109401

Claim:
A frame ( 10 ) for a wall cut-out ( 100 ), the cut-out ( 100 ) defining a void ( 101 ) within a wall ( 102 ) for receiving a utility receptacle ( 104 ) and the cut-out ( 100 ) having a perimeter edge ( 103 ) surrounding the void ( 101 ), the frame ( 10 ) comprising: a. an insert-flange ( 12 ) dimensioned to sit within the void ( 101 ) between the perimeter edge ( 103 ) and the utility receptacle ( 104 ), the insert-flange ( 12 ) defining a through void frame opening ( 14 ) passing completely through the frame ( 10 ); b. a wall-shelf ( 20 ) secured to the insert-flange ( 12 ), the wall-shelf ( 20 ) defining a plane parallel to a plane defined by the wall ( 102 ) and about perpendicular to the entire insert-flange ( 12 ), and the wall-shelf ( 20 ) extending away from the frame opening ( 14 ) defined by the insert-flange ( 12 ); c. a mud-ridge ( 22 ) secured to the wall-shelf ( 20 ) adjacent to and surrounding an interior perimeter ( 24 ) of the frame opening ( 14 ), the mud-ridge ( 22 ) extending away from the wall-shelf ( 20 ) in a direction away from the insert-flange ( 12 ) and away from the wall ( 102 ), and the mud-ridge ( 22 ) having a co-planar top edge ( 26 ) defining a plane parallel to the plane defined by the wall ( 102 ); and, d. wherein the frame ( 10 ) includes at least one frame bump-out ( 27 A, 27 B, 27 C, 27 D) defined in an edge of the insert flange ( 12 ), the at least one frame bump-out ( 27 A, 27 B, 27 C, 27 D) defining a through-notch ( 29 A, 29 B, 29 C, 29 D) passing partially through the mud-ridge ( 22 ) and partially through an adjacent section of the wall-shelf ( 20 ), and also defining a partial cut-out ( 31 A, 31 B) of the insert-flange ( 12 ) adjacent the through-notch ( 29 A, 29 B, 29 C, 29 D).