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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Michael T. Cole, Parkersburg, WV (US);
Timothy Bowman, Parkersburg, WV (US);
Stephen English, Williamstown, WV (US);
Joe Young, Reedsville, OH (US);
John Kohaut, Port Murray, NJ (US);
Walker Systems, Inc., Williamstown, WV (US);
Abstract
A cover assembly is provided for preventing water infiltration into an in-floor receptacle fitting, such as a poke-thru fitting. The fitting includes an internal compartment which is accessible through an opening in the surface of the floor. The cover assembly includes a trim flange which overlies the floor opening. The trim flange supports at least one receptacle, such as a power receptacle, within the fitting such that the receptacle can be interconnected within the inner compartment with source cables that enter the fitting from below the floor, and can be interconnected from above with a connector such as a male electrical plug. A cover plate is mounted on the trim flange and overlies the receptacles carried by the fitting. The cover plate includes a plurality of access doors. Each of the access doors is movable between a first position at which it overlies an associated receptacle to prevent access thereto and a second position at which the associated receptacle is exposed and accessible from above. A first seal member interposed between the cover assembly first and second portions and adapted to seal against water infiltration therebetween. The first seal is in the form of a planar gasket which is sandwiched between the cover assembly first and second portions. The first seal overlies the receptacles and at least the portions of the trim flange which surround the perimeters of the receptacles. Access openings in the first seal provide access to the receptacles. Ribs extend upwardly around the perimeters of the openings and form an abut against the bottoms of the access doors when the doors are at their closed positions. The interference fit between the ribs and the access doors seals against water infiltration therebetween and into the fitting. The first seal further includes a downwardly extending rib which engages in a reciprocal groove formed in the trim flange around the perimeter of the receptacles. A second seal, in the form of at least one compressible gasket, extends around the perimeter of the floor opening and is adapted to be compressed between the cover assembly first portion and the floor's surface when the first portion is connected to the fitting.