Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Slater Electric Inc.

Walter C Lewis

Jay Garthwaite

Arthur B Woodward

Kenneth Hotchkiss

Ferdinand E Orbeta

Brian Lee

Wade R Bowden, Jr

The present invention teaches a modular telephone jack 'system' capable of voice and data applications, which may be relatively flush-mounted within a conventional electrical box or to a surface and which is characterized by the absence of conventional screw terminal technology. A lacing strain relief system facilitates connections in terminal clips which face forward and which are accessible from the front of the system for testing and repair through a snap-off face or cover plate, and facilitates relatively rapid installation and easy access for testing, troubleshooting and wiring. The system may be equipped with combinations of duplex modular jacks of similar outer configuration, such as four, six and eight-conductor versions. The system includes its own 'universal' surface-mounting housing or box, where needed.

Flush mounted telephone jack

The present invention teaches a modular telephone jack 'system' capable of voice and data applications, which may be relatively flush-mounted within a conventional electrical box or to a surface and which is characterized by the absence of conventional screw terminal technology. A unique lacing strain relief system assures solid, undisturbed connections in terminal clips which face forward and which are accessible from the front of the system for testing and repair through a snap-off face or cover plate, and facilitating relatively rapid installation and easy access for testing, troubleshooting and wiring. The system may be equipped with combinations of duplex modular jacks of similar outer configuration, such as four, six and eight-conductor versions. The system includes its own 'universal' surface-mounting housing or box, where needed.

Flush-mounted telephone jack

The present invention teaches a modular telephone jack 'system' capable of voice and data applications, which may be relatively flush-mounted within a conventional electrical box or to a surface and which is characterized by the absence of conventional screw terminal technology. A unique lacing strain relief system assures solid, undisturbed connections in terminal clips which face forward and which are accessible from the front of the system for testing and pair through a snap-off face or cover plate, and facilities relatively rapid installation and easy access for testing, troubleshooting and wiring. The system may be equipped with combinations of duplex modular jacks of similar outer configuration, such as four, six and eight-conductor versions. The system includes its own 'universal' surface-mounting housing or box, where needed.

The present invention teaches a modular telephone jack 'system' capable of voice and data applications, which may be relatively flush-mounted within a conventional electrical box or to a surface and which is characterized by the absence of conventional screw terminal technology. A lacing strain relief system facilitates connections in terminal clips which face forward and which are accessible from the front of the system for testing and repair through a snap-off face or cover plate, and facilitates relatively rapid installation and easy access for testing, troubleshooting and wiring. The system may be equipped with combinations of duplex modular jacks of similar outer configurations, such as four, six and eight-conductor versions. The system includes its own 'universal' surface-mounting housing of box, where needed.

An adjustably lockable bar hanger support for mounting a ceiling box or the like to a floor/ceiling joist includes a male and a female support member each being generally L-shaped and each having a generally elongate leg adapted for slidable telescoping engagement with the elongate leg of the other member and a relatively short leg adapted for attachment to the joist. As preferably embodied, the male member elongate leg is slidable within the female member elongate leg, and the female member is formed with a detent tab of its elongate leg, which is adapted to be deflected into a receiving aperture formed in the elongate leg of the male member for locking the male and female members in assembled relationship when the tab and aperture are aligned. Advantageously, at least two receiving apertures are formed in the male member elongate leg at locations which, when positioned adjacent the detent tab, correspond to predetermined inter-joist spacings. Also advantageously, and as preferably embodied, the apertures are sufficiently long to enable small adjustments to the length of the assembled bar hanger for accommodating irregularities in or variations from the nominal inter-joist spacing when mounting the hanger support to the joists.

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East Northport, NY, United States of America

Walter C Lewis