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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Charles H. Riedy, Lakewood, OH (US);
Gregory D. Turcovsky, Mentor, OH (US);
The Lamson & Sessions Co., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A floor box cover assembly includes a ring receivable within an open end portion of the floor box, and further includes a cover structure having an access opening for providing access to the receptacle. A cylindrical wall on the cover structure fits within the ring when the cover structure is installed over the ring. The ring and the cover structure together define a plurality of radially projecting pins and a corresponding plurality of J-hook slots that receive the pins upon installation of the cover structure over the ring. The slots are free of detent constrictions for interlocking with the pins. Additionally, the ring is a split ring and fits within the floor box in an installed position in which opposite ends of the split ring define a circumferentially extending gap. The cover structure has an alignment boss that blocks insertion of the cylindrical wall into the split ring in positions other than a position in which the alignment boss is received within the gap.