Patent ID: 8016149

Claim:
A communications box for use beneath the surface of an athletic field comprising: a base; two pairs of opposing sides, both pairs of sides being connected to the other pair of sides and being connected to the base and pairs of sides having a top edge and an interior surface and an exterior surface; a partition located between one pair of sides and being generally parallel to the other pair of sides; means for securing the partition to the one pair of opposing sides; a cover having an outside surface and an inside surface, the inside surface having at least one hand hole extending through the cover, and the cover having an outer peripherally-extending edge extending between the outside surface and the inside surface of the cover; means to retain the cover in place adjacent to the top edge, the inside surface of the cover disposed below the top edge and resting upon the means to retain the cover in place so that the outer peripherally-extending edge is disposed between the interior surfaces of the two pairs of the opposing sides and the inside surface of the cover is disposed below the top edge of the two pairs of the opposing sides; and means to adjust the position of the means to retain the cover in place so that the inside surface of the cover is positionable at different elevations below the top edge of the two pairs of opposing sides.