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US3082290A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Movable floor-to-ceiling electrical installation for interior of a building

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-07-29
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Granted: 1963-03-19
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Expires: 1979-07-29
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jack R Ohmit

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 16:01
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G3/00; H02G3/02; H02G3/04; H02G3/0493; H02G3/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 267 words
A MOVABLE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION FOR THE INTERIOR OF A BUILDING COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A RECTANGULAR ELECTRICAL OUTLET BOX HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE OPENINGS, A RIGID MEMBER TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED THEREIN TO DIVIDE THE INTERIOR OF SAID BOX INTO A PAIR OF COMPARTMENTS RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SIDE OPENINGS, A THREADED OPENING AT THE UPPER END OF SAID BOX COMMUNICATING WITH BOTH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING A SUPPORT MEMBER TO THE LOWER END OF SAID BOX; A BASE MEMBER REMOVABLY FASTENED TO THE FLOOR OF THE BUILDING; A RIGID SUPPORT MEMBER VERTICALLY DISPOSED WITH ITS LOWER END RIGIDLY FASTENED TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND ITS UPPER END RIGIDLY FASTENED TO SAID BOX FOR SUPPORTING SAID BOX IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BASE MEMBER; AN ELONGATED RIGID ELECTRICAL CONDUIT VERTICALLY DISPOSED IN AN ELEVATED POSITION WITHIN THE BUILDING WITH THE EXTERIORLY THREADED LOWER END THEREOF THREADEDLY ENGAGING SAID UPPER OPENING OF SAID BOX AND THE EXTERIORLY THREADED UPPER END THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE CEILING IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BASE MEMBER, AND HAVING A RIGID DIVIDER MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF FOR DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONDUIT INTO TWO PASSAGEWAYS WHICH COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESPECTIVE COMPARTMENTS OF SAID BOX; FASTENING MEANS REMOVABLY FASTENED TO THE UPWARDLY FACING CEILING SURFACE FOR INHIBITING HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT; AND A Y-SHAPED CABLE RECEPTOR THREADEDLY ENGAGING THE UPPER END OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUIT FOR RECEIVING A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CABLES, ONE TO BE INSERTED THROUGH EACH OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS INTO THE CORRESPONDING COMPARTMENT OF SAID OUTLET BOX.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 267 words
A MOVABLE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION FOR THE INTERIOR OF A BUILDING COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A RECTANGULAR ELECTRICAL OUTLET BOX HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE OPENINGS, A RIGID MEMBER TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED THEREIN TO DIVIDE THE INTERIOR OF SAID BOX INTO A PAIR OF COMPARTMENTS RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SIDE OPENINGS, A THREADED OPENING AT THE UPPER END OF SAID BOX COMMUNICATING WITH BOTH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING A SUPPORT MEMBER TO THE LOWER END OF SAID BOX; A BASE MEMBER REMOVABLY FASTENED TO THE FLOOR OF THE BUILDING; A RIGID SUPPORT MEMBER VERTICALLY DISPOSED WITH ITS LOWER END RIGIDLY FASTENED TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND ITS UPPER END RIGIDLY FASTENED TO SAID BOX FOR SUPPORTING SAID BOX IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BASE MEMBER; AN ELONGATED RIGID ELECTRICAL CONDUIT VERTICALLY DISPOSED IN AN ELEVATED POSITION WITHIN THE BUILDING WITH THE EXTERIORLY THREADED LOWER END THEREOF THREADEDLY ENGAGING SAID UPPER OPENING OF SAID BOX AND THE EXTERIORLY THREADED UPPER END THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE CEILING IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BASE MEMBER, AND HAVING A RIGID DIVIDER MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF FOR DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONDUIT INTO TWO PASSAGEWAYS WHICH COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESPECTIVE COMPARTMENTS OF SAID BOX; FASTENING MEANS REMOVABLY FASTENED TO THE UPWARDLY FACING CEILING SURFACE FOR INHIBITING HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT; AND A Y-SHAPED CABLE RECEPTOR THREADEDLY ENGAGING THE UPPER END OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUIT FOR RECEIVING A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CABLES, ONE TO BE INSERTED THROUGH EACH OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS INTO THE CORRESPONDING COMPARTMENT OF SAID OUTLET BOX.

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