Patent ID: 7259337

Claim:
A rain-tight multi-position electrically conductive conduit body with augmented electrical contact having augmented grounding and using O-ring for sealing comprising in combination: A) a conduit box of electrically conductive material comprising: a hollow body having a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls, a rear wall, and an open front; an unrecessed aperture in each of the rear and opposing side walls with a second unrecessed aperture in one of said side walls and an unrecessed aperture in at least one of said bottom wall or said top wall; an unrecessed flat surface adjacent to and surrounding each of said unrecessed apertures; and threaded holes in said unrecessed flat surface; B) a front cover plate for said open front; C) aperture cover plates having at least a partial flat surface adapted to marry to said unrecessed flat surface of said apertures; D) screw holes in said aperture cover plate flat surface; E) fittings of electrically conductive material comprising: an external portion that engages a conduit or other electrical cable protector that is carried thereinto; a flange having a partial flat surface adapted to marry to said unrecessed flat surface surrounding each of said apertures; and screw holes in said flange; F) an O-ring groove located in either said unrecessed flat surface surrounding each of said apertures or in said aperture cover plate flat surface and said flange flat surface; G) said O-ring inserted into said groove; and H) screws for insertion into said screw holes of said aperture cover plates and said screw holes of said fittings and tightened into said mating threaded holes to compress said O-ring whereby said partial flat fitting is tightened to the unrecessed flat surface surrounding said unrecessed surface of said apertures of said conduit box with sufficient electrical contact to provide augmented grounding.