Patent ID: RE38709

Claim:
An electrical raceway assembly for use with a structure, comprising: an elongated raceway engageable to the structure and having a length, a transverse base and a pair of opposite upstanding sidewalls extending along said length to define at least one channel configured for retaining electrical wires; and a locking element for detachably engaging said raceway to a surface of the structure, said locking element including a mounting plate engageable to said raceway at a first end of said locking element and defining an opening at a second opposite end of said locking element, a stud defining a first axis along a length of said stud and having a threaded first end, an opposite second end and a shoulder between said first end and said second end, said first end insertable through said opening to engage a threaded hole in the surface of the structure, and said shoulder sized to fit snugly within said opening; a core having a rounded outer surface and defining a thru-hole for receiving said second end of said stud and means for fixing said second end within said thru-hole, said core defining a second axis perpendicular to said first axis; and a locking lever having a handle portion and a rounded camming portion, said camming portion including a chamber for rotatably housing said core, a wall defining a groove therethrough in communication with said chamber for receiving said second end of said stud when said stud is engaged to said core and said core is housed in said chamber, said wall defining a contoured camming surface surrounding one end of said groove; whereby said locking lever is rotatable about said second axis of said core from a first released position to a second locked position with the camming surface bearing against said mounting plate to securely engage said raceway to the structure.