Flush floor box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9035201-B2
Application number	US-201313855982-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2013
Priority date	Apr 4, 2012
Publication date	May 19, 2015
Grant date	May 19, 2015

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a flush floor box that can be constructed at a lower cost and is easier to install than previously utilized flush floor boxes. The flush floor box includes a base and/or a leveling ring with integral features. The integral features help to reduce the cost of producing the flush floor box. The leveling ring can include ears/tabs for use in electrically grounding a top shield of a flat floor power cable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush floor box comprising:
a base rectangular housing including integral corner tabs in each corner of the base;
leveling screws threaded into the integral corner tabs;
a rectangular leveling ring including leveling screw access openings and at least two integral ears that project inwardly from a main body of the rectangular leveling ring, the at least two integral ears are configured to connect to a top shield of a floor cable for electrically connec…

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Corp

Inventors

• Jones Sarah Jean

Classifications

• H02G3/185 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02G3/12 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02G3/08

  Electricity · mapped topic