Patent ID: 7495171

Claim:
A wall plate structure for passing a communications cable through an opening in a wall, comprising: a wall plate for mounting to the wall about the opening in the wall, the wall plate defining therein a wall plate opening for registration with the opening in the wall, a screen mounted to the wall plate and substantially closing the wall plate opening, the screen defining at least one flexible opening therein for passage of communication cable a support frame for mounting in the wall opening, attachment means connecting the wall plate to the support frame, the wall plate comprises a front surface and a back surface, protrusions extending from the back surface of the plate in a rectangular array for penetrating the wall structure, the protrusions being spaced from one another distances that correspond to the shape of the frame, such that the opening in the wall may be formed to the size of the support frame by cutting the opening to the size of the penetrations formed in the wall by the protrusions extending from the back surface of the wall plate.