Patent ID: 7671276

Claim:
Armed junction box enclosure for securing a junction box mounted to a wall and comprising: a frame for mounting to the wall and configured to circumscribe the box and including inurned front and rear peripheral flanges; the front flanges being formed with through flange bores; a cover for covering the front of the frame and including through cover bores aligned with the respective flange bores; threaded fastener bolts configured with respective threaded shafts having free ends for projecting paths through the respective aligned flange and cover bores and including respective tamper proof heads for, when the bolts are in their respective fastening positions, nesting against the cover to position the respective ends at respective predetermined locations; fastener nuts receiving the respective shafts; switch devices including switch housings mounted to the interior of the frame adjacent the respective flange bores, including plungers biased to project from the housing along respective selected paths and being depressible along respective plunger strokes to close respective electrical switches; and elongated leaf spring actuators mounted to the frame adjacent the respective switch devices and interposed between the respective plungers and free ends of the shafts and including respective actuating tabs located in the respective predetermined paths, the actuators operative upon the respective bolts being inserted along the respective predetermined paths and engaging the respective actuating tabs, to drive the respective plungers through their respective strokes to hold the respective switches closed and to, upon further advancement of the respective bolts, flex to allow for travel of the bolts to their respective fastening positions.