Patent ID: 7034225

Claim:
A wall-box mountable assembly comprising: (a) a back-plate that is mountable to any conventional single, duplex, or multiplex electrical wall-box, (b) an electrical connector and power supply transformer that is mounted to the back plate or any other part of the assembly and a plurality of power receptacle extensions on the device that plugs directly into any conventional single, duplex, or multiplex electrical receptacle and supplies power to the internal components and to a plurality of power receptacles that are accessible on the outside of the assembly; (c) multiple modular power-line communication interface cards and supporting electronic components mounted to the back-plate or any other part of the assembly; (d) an assembly having internal components and electronic hardware being mounted on the back plate or any other part of the assembly to support a battery back-up system; (e) a battery for back-up power that is able to connect to the assembly and electronic hardware to support the battery back-up system; (f) a set of communication interface jacks that are mounted to the back plate or any other part of the assembly; (g) an enclosing faceplate having a first plurality of openings for the outlet extensions and a second plurality of openings for said jacks; (h) a removable faceplate that easily snaps on and off of the enclosing faceplate to provide access for installation and removal of said battery; (I) a plurality of mounting devices and electronics to support antennas, acoustic transceivers, diodes, infrared sensors or other wireless communications systems for wireless communications between the box and any other device.