Patent ID: 7350659

Claim:
A one-piece plastic extender for securing to an electrical box comprising: a sleeve having an outer opening at an outer end and an inner opening at an inner end; said sleeve having four sides including a first pair of sides opposite one another and a second pair of sides opposite one another; four corners connecting said four sides; each of said sides having an outer surface, an outer edges and an inner edge; a flange extending sideways from each of said outer edges of said first pair of opposing sides; inchoately flangeless members extending sideways from said second pair of opposing sides, said inchoately flangeless members including a rear surface; a weakening line in said rear surface of each of said inchoately flangeless members; said weakening lines adjacent said outer surface of said sides, said weakening lines including a channel having a flat sidewall adjacent said outer surface of said second pair of opposing sides and an adjacent sidewall opposite said flat sidewall; said channel including said flat sidewall and said adjacent sidewall ensuring that said flangeless members when removed are flush with said outer surface of said sides; said flanges and said inchoately flangeless members being sufficiently thin to be recessed under a cover plate; said sides forming a generally tubular body sized to receive an electrical device; said sides being made of a flexible plastic; and said sides from about a quarter of an inch below said flanges and said member to said inner edges having a thickness of no greater than 0.06 inch, thereby allowing said tubular body to be received in a variety of electrical boxes.