Patent ID: 7789257

Claim:
A frame ( 10 ) and a utility receptacle ( 104 ) for a wall cut-out ( 100 ), the cut-out ( 100 ) defining a void ( 101 ) within a wall ( 102 ) for receiving the utility receptacle ( 104 ) and the cut-out ( 100 ) having a perimeter edge ( 103 ) surrounding the void, the frame ( 10 ) and the utility receptacle ( 104 ) comprising: a. the frame ( 10 ) having an insert-flange ( 12 ) dimensioned to sit within the void ( 101 ) adjacent the perimeter edge ( 103 ), the insert-flange ( 12 ) defining a through void frame opening ( 14 ) between opposed sides of the insert-flange ( 12 ); b. the frame ( 10 ) having a wall-shelf ( 20 ) secured to the insert-flange ( 12 ), the wall-shelf ( 20 ) defining a plane parallel to a plane defined by the wall ( 102 ) and about perpendicular to the entire insert-flange ( 12 ), and the wall-shelf ( 20 ) extending away from the frame opening ( 14 ) defined by the insert-flange ( 12 ); c. the frame ( 10 ) having a mud-ridge ( 22 ) secured to the wall-shelf ( 20 ) adjacent to and surrounding an interior perimeter ( 24 ) of the frame opening ( 14 ), the mud-ridge ( 22 ) extending away from the wall-shelf ( 20 ) in a direction away from the insert-flange ( 12 ) and away from the wall ( 102 ), and the mud-ridge ( 22 ) having a co-planar top edge ( 26 ) defining a plane parallel to the plane defined by the wall ( 102 ); and, d. the utility receptacle ( 104 ) being dimensioned to be smaller than the through void frame opening ( 14 ) defined by the insert-flange ( 12 ) so that the insert-flange ( 12 ) surrounds the utility receptacle ( 104 ) and the utility receptacle ( 104 ) is within the through void frame opening ( 14 ) whenever the frame ( 10 ) is inserted into the void ( 101 ) and the wall shelf ( 20 ) overlies the wall ( 102 ).