Patent ID: 7525044

Claim:
A section of wireway comprising an elongate channel-shaped body having a first side wall, a second side wall and a bottom wall, said body having a length along an X-axis, a height along a Y-axis and a width along a Z-axis, an elongate cover for the body having a releasable hinge connection with the first side wall of the body for swinging between open and closed positions about an axis extending lengthwise of the body, said cover having a length along said X-axis and a width along said Z-axis when the cover is closed, said hinge connection comprising at least two slots in the first side wall of the body at locations spaced along the length of the body, and at least two hinge members on the cover receivable in said slots for hinging the cover to the body, each of said slots comprising an upper portion and a lower portion narrower than said upper portion along said X-axis, and each of said hinge members comprising a head sized for insertion through the upper portion of a respective slot and a stem narrower than the head along said X-axis sized for reception in the lower portion of the slot, said head having an X-dimension greater than an X-dimension of the lower portion of the slot, wherein the cover comprises a top wall adapted to span the side walls of the body when the cover is closed, and a first flange means on the top wall adapted to extend down alongside the first side wall of the body when the cover is closed, said hinge members being on said first flange means, wherein the stem of each hinge member comprises an inner stem portion projecting from said first flange means generally along said Z-axis and an outer stem portion extending from the inner stem portion generally along said Y-axis away from the top wall of the cover, and wherein the head of each hinge member is attached to the outer stem portion.