Patent ID: 7731045

Claim:
A wall outlet box, comprising: a plurality of walls defining an enclosure open at a front thereof, said enclosure including a back surface, a pair of opposing side surfaces, a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein said opposing side surfaces, said bottom surface and said top surface have forward facing edges defining a front periphery; a mounting lip extending outwardly from at least a portion of said front periphery for mounting said wall outlet box into a wall; at least one port in at least one of said opposing side surfaces, said back surface and said top surface to engage with an exhaust conduit, whereby a flexible hose can be securely attached to a protruding portion of the exhaust conduit and at least a portion of the flexible hose can be housed in said enclosure; and at least one measurement member extending across a portion of said at least one port such that the exhaust conduit may be placed against said at least one measurement member as a template prior to installation and cutting of the exhaust conduit and the outlet box, wherein the measurement member comprises first and second flexible portions, wherein the first flexible portion is adapted to be rotated in a downward direction in a plane perpendicular to a plane of said at least one port, wherein the second flexible portion is adapted to be rotated in an upward direction in a plane parallel to the plane of said at least one port thereby defining a protruding lip, wherein the first and second flexible portions when rotated define a conduit support portion having an L-shape and being adapted to support the exhaust conduit.