Weatherproof electrical installation with pivotally attached hood means

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL FIXTURE ADAPTED TO CONTAIN AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND ALLOW ACCESS TO THE DESIRABLY EXPOSED PORTION OF SAID DEVICE, SAID FIXTURE COMPRISING A HOLLOW BODY HAVING MEANS TO SUPPORT AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE, AN ENTRANCE MEANS FOR AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND A MEANS TO SUPPORT A HOUSING, A PIVOT AFFIXED TO SAID HOUSING, A HOOD FREELY PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO SAID HOUSING, SAID HOOD SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT WHEN SAID HOUSING IS ORIENTED WITH THE ELECTRICAL DEVICE IN THE DESIRED POSITION THE HOOD PROTECTS THE DEVICE AND THE UPPERMOST PORTION OF THE HOLLOW BODY TOGETHER WITH A MAJOR PORTION OF THE HOLLOW BODY ADJACENT THE ELECTRICAL DEVICE FROM FALLING RAIN AND SNOW AND SAID HOOD WHEN PIVOTED ON SAID PIVOT FOR ACCESS TO SAID DEVICE WILL RETURN TO A PROTECTIVE POSITION WHEN THE HOOD IS NO LONGER MANUALLY SUPPORTED BY EXTERNAL MEANS, THE HOOD HAVING A TOP, A FRONT AND TWO SIDES, THE FRONT BEING DISPOSED IN ADJACENT SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO ACCESS MEANS WHEN IN THE PROTECTIVE POSITION AND PORTIONS OF THE SIDES BEING IN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO THE SIDES OF THE BODY, THE HOOD AND BODY ADJACENT THE ACCESS MEANS DEFINING A SPACE HAVING A DOWNWARDLY FACING OPENING REMOTELY DISPOSED FROM THE PIVOT MEANS.