Outlet for a floor duct

Claim 1

IN THE COMBINATION OF AN OUTLET HOUSING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SHELL ADAPTED FOR PREFABRICATED CONNECTION TO THE END OF A FLAT RIBBON-LIKE, CROWNED FLOOR DUCT HAVING A LONGITUDINAL WIRE-CARRYING CONDUIT AT THE CROWN PORTION THEREOF, AND AN ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE BODY HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART SHAPED UPSTANDING SOCKET TURRETS PROJECTING FROM ITS TOP SURFACE AND WIRE CONNECTING POSTS ON ITS SIDES FOR ATTACHMENT OF THE WIRES FROM SAID CONDUIT, THE IMPROVEMENT IN SAID SHELL FOR ACCOMMODATION OF SAID RECEPTACLE BODY, COMPRISING: SAID SHELL BEING FABRICATED OF ELASTOMERIC INSULATING MATERIAL AND HAVING A TOP WALL HAVING AN INNER AND AN OUTER SURFACE, SIDE WALLS DEPENDING FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TOP WALL AND SIDE WALLS DEPENDING FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TOP WALL; SAID SIDE WALLS AND END WALLS BEING INTEGRALLY CONNECTED AND DEPENDING DOWNWARDLY AND TERMINATING IN BOTTOM EDGES DISPOSED BENEATH SAID TOP WALL INNER SURFACE TO THUS CIRCUMSCRIBE AND DEFINE AN INTERNAL CHAMBER; SAID TOP WALL HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART OPENINGS THEREIN WITH SAID OPENINGS HAVING A SIZE AND SHAPE CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF SAID PROJECTING SOCKET TURRETS WHEREBY WHEN SAID RECEPTACLE BODY IS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID INTERNAL CHAMBER, SAID SOCKET TURRETS WILL BE SNUGLY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID OPENINGS; A PAIR OF LEDGES DISPOSED WITHIN SAID INTERNAL CHAMBER ON OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF, EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID SIDE WALLS, AND EACH BEING FORMED BY A SIDE FACE AND A BOTTOM FACE; SAID LEDGE SIDE FACES BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALLS TO PROVIDE THEREBETWEEN A CHANNEL HAVING A WIDTH CORRESPONDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THAT OF SAID RECEPTACLE BODY, WITH SAID RECEPTACLE BODY BEING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHANNEL WHEN SAID OUTLET HOUSING IS ASSEMBLED; SAID LEDGE BOTTOM FACES BEING DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAID TOP WALL INNER SURFACE AND THE BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, AND BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE WIRES EXTENDING FROM SAID CONDUIT TO SAID RECEPTACLE BODY CONNECTING POSTS; AND COVER MEANS SECURED IN UNDERLYING RELATION TO SAID SHELL IN CONTACT WITH SAID SIDE AND END WALL BOTTOM EDGES FOR ENCLOSING SAID INTERNAL CHAMBER TO MAINTAIN SAID RECEPTACLE BODY THEREIN.