Patent ID: 8475188

Claim:
A low profile zone box for distributing electrical power comprising: a low profile housing having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, a top surface, a bottom surface, spaced apart end surfaces and spaced apart side surfaces, a first set of electrical conductors extending in said housing in the direction of said longitudinal axis, said first set of electrical conductors having first and second ends; at least two second sets of electrical conductors extending in said housing in the direction of said transverse axis, said at least two second sets of electrical conductors having first and second ends; electrically conductive members connecting respective ones of said first set of conductors to respective ones of said at least two second sets of electrical conductors; at least one opening in one of said end surfaces and at least two openings in each of said side surfaces so that said openings are substantially orthogonal to each other, there being one of said openings for each of said first and second ends of each of said second sets of electrical conductors; a first cap member releasably connectable to said at least one opening in said end surface and a second cap member releasably connectable to said at least two openings in each of said side surfaces, said first cap member being an electrical connector for connecting said first ends of said first set of electrical conductors to a source of electrical power and said second cap member being an electrical connector for distributing electrical power in said at least two second sets of electrical conductors to an external device electrically connected to said second cap member.