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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:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
May. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl Yetter, Gales Ferry, CT (US);
Assignee:
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; H02G / ; H02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220-421 ; 220-33 ; 220-38 ; 220-394 ; 220-402 ; 220241 ; 220326 ; 264478 ;
Abstract
A device box having a cover member and a base member releasably coupled together by a snap-fit latching arrangement. Preferably, both the cover member and the base member are integrally molded as one-piece, unitary members with only non-hidden surfaces so that they can be manufactured by straight draw-type injection molding techniques, rather than by molds using sliders. The latching arrangement of the preferred embodiments includes one or more latch members resiliently coupled to the base member for releasably engaging one or more apertures in the cover member.