Patent ID: 7843361

Claim:
A housing for a transfer switch, comprising: a top wall, two opposed side walls, and a rear wall, defining a cavity therein; a pivotable cover, operably configured to engage at least the top wall and two opposed side walls, so as to substantially preclude intrusion of undesired materials into the cavity, without requiring positioning of a gasket between the at least one pivotable cover and the top wall and two opposed side walls, wherein the pivotable cover includes a pivotable front cover portion and a pivotable bottom cover portion; a cord access opening in an outwardly-facing panel of the cover; and a cord access door mounted on an inside surface of the outwardly-facing panel of the cover, so as to be movable between a position covering the cord access opening, and a position exposing the cord access opening; wherein the side walls have front edges, bottom edges and top edges, the rear wall has a top edge, and the top wall has downwardly extending flanges covering the top edges of the side walls and rear wall, and a further downwardly extending flange extending across a front opening of the housing; opposed side walls having front edges, bottom edges, and top edges and a rear wall having a top edge; and a top having downwardly extending flanges covering the top edges of the side walls and rear wall, and a further downwardly extending flange extending across a front opening of the housing; the pivotable bottom cover portion comprises a bottom cover member, pivotably mounted to the opposed side walls between at least an open position and a closed position, and having a bottom panel and two side flanges extending upwardly when the bottom cover member is in its closed position, the two side flanges being disposed to the inside of the bottom edges of the side walls, when the bottom cover member is in its closed position; and the pivotable front cover portion comprises a front cover member, pivotably mounted to the opposed side walls between at least an open position and a closed position, the front cover member further having a front panel, two side flanges and a bottom flange, which extend rearwardly from the front panel when the front panel is in its closed position, the side flanges covering the front edges of the opposed side walls when the front cover member is in its closed position, and the bottom flange covering a front edge of the bottom cover member, when the front cover member and the bottom cover member are in their respective closed positions.