Apparatus for electrical raceway and decorative moulding

Claim 1

A RACEWAY COMPRISING A WALL, AND EXTRUDED SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM WALL THICKNESS ELONGATED RETAINING CLIP HAVING A FLAT CENTRAL SECTION MOUNTED ON SAID WALL AND FORMED WITH OPPOSED LATERALLY EXTENDING SMOOTHLY CURVED SEMI-CIRCULAR PROJECTIONS COOPERATING WITH SAID WALL TO FORM OPPOSED RETAINING GROOVES ADJACENT SAID WALL, SAID CURVED PROJECTIONS BLENDING WITH SAID CENTRAL SECTION AND TERMINATING IN OPPOSED EDGES SPACAED A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION, A UNIFORM WALL THICKNESS EXTRUDED COVER MEMBER HAVING A GENERALLY CHANNELED SHAPED AND OPPOSED CO-PLANAR LIPS POSITIONED IN SAID RETAINING GROOVES LOCKING SAID COVER MEMBER AGAINST SAID WALL ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID RETAINING CLIP, ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS EXTENDING ALONG SAID RETAINING CLIP, AND ELECTRICAL OUTLETS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID COVER MEMBER HAVING A BACK FACE WITH A VERTICAL HEIGHT LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION, SAID OUTLETS BEING SECURED TO SAID CENTRAL SECTION BY MEANS INDEPENDENT OF SAID COVER MEMBER.