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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
May. 18, 2000
Joseph Criniti, New Britain, CT (US);
Javier Ignacio Larranaga, Bristol, CT (US);
Vito William Santoro, Coahuila, MX;
Michael Gerard Tobin, Mankato, MN (US);
Mark Howard Thomson, Mankato, MN (US);
Thomas Randolph Campbell, Washington, CT (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A removable cover for a an electrical component box includes a pair of side walls having hinge edges including a hook and an engagement surface extending from the hook. The hook slides over and engages the hinge members of a box, and the engagement surface forms a sliding surface that allows rotation of the cover about the hinge elements. The hinge is easily installed and removed by orienting the cover at a selected angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the box, and lifting the hook over the hinge member to either engage or disengage the hook from the hinge members.