Patent ID: 8884161

Claim:
An electrical outlet box for installing in a hole defined in an installed floor of a building, the outlet box comprising: (a) a box portion comprising: a first pair of opposing walls; a second pair of opposing walls, top edges of each wall of the first and second pairs of opposing walls defining an open top end of the box portion; a bottom wall affixed to bottom edges of each wall of the first and second pairs of opposing walls and thereby defining a cavity within the first and second pairs of opposing walls and the bottom wall, the cavity adapted for receiving an electrical outlet; and a mounting flange surrounding the open top end and adapted for sitting flush against the installed floor when the outlet box is mounted in the hole; (b) a backplate having two receptacle plug face holes defined therein and having a size and shape corresponding to an inner perimeter of the open top end such that the backplate sits within the open top end, the backplate being adapted to sit on the electrical outlet within the cavity, the receptacle plug face holes being adapted to receive respective ones of two plug faces of the electrical outlet; and (c) a cover plate having two electrical plug holes defined therein, each electrical plug hole aligned with a corresponding receptacle plug face hole of the backplate, the cover plate being adapted to mount to the box portion, the cover plate being sized to close off the open top end and cover the mounting flange when the cover plate is mounted to the box portion.