Patent ID: 7834267

Claim:
A reversible one-piece protective cable chute for routing cables through a wall comprising: a cover plate including a first end and a second end and a front surface and a rear surface; an opening in said cover plate; a cable shield extending outward from said front surface of said cover plate, said cable shield including two substantially triangular shaped sidewalls and an outer wall, said outer wall and said sidewalls extending to a planar edge; a cable opening defined by said planar edge; two-way apertures aligned along a vertical axis through said cover plate, said two-way apertures of a spacing and pattern to match the bores of a conventional electrical box or low voltage frame; said two-way apertures including countersunk areas on said front surface and on said rear surface of said cover plate; and a raised periphery around the outer edge of said cover plate, said raised periphery defining a recessed area on each of said front surface and said rear surface of said cover plate.