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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan C Lockwood, Rosemead, CA (US);
Assignee:
Masco Building Products Corp., Taylor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174 53 ;
Abstract
A molded junction box is shown having four sidewalls, a closed bottom, an open top, and clip receiving columns on two opposing sidewalls. The clip receiving columns each have an aperture therein with four sidewalls and four sloping surfaces that join the four sidewalls to a clip receiving surface at the open top of the junction box. A U-shaped clip is received within the aperture whose sloping surfaces aid assembly and provide a guide for the fastener insertion.