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US3299199A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

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Assignee: Cadre Industries Corp
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Filing: 1964-02-20
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Granted: 1967-01-17
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Expires: 1984-02-20
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Lawrence J Mattingly

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 06:35
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G3/00; H02G3/02; H02G3/08; H02G3/16

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 218 words
AN ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BOX FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING TERMINAL STRIP PANELS THEREIN COMPRISING AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY CHANNEL SHAPED BODY MEMBER HAVING A PLANIFORM BASE WALL AND SIDE WALLS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR FROM OPPOSITE LATERAL EDGES THEREOF, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING SLIDE GROOVE PORTIONS OPENING INWARDLY OF THE SIDE WALLS AND THROUGH THE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL ENDS OF SAID SIDE WALLS LYING IN TWO SPACED PLANES PARALLELING THE BASE WALL, THE SLIDE GROOVE PORTION IN ONE OF SAID PLANES EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY FROM END TO END LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SIDE WALLS FOR SLIDABLY RECEIVING OPPOSITE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE TERMINAL STRIP PANELS TO SUPPORT THE SAME BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS, REMOVABLE END MEMBERS FOR CLOSING THE LONGITUDINAL ENDS OF SAID BODY MEMBER EACH HAVING AN END WALL EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BASE WALL AND SAID SIDE WALLS AND A PAIR OF RIBLIKE PROJECTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID END WALL ALONG SAID PAIR OF PARALLEL PLANES HAVING EDGE PORTIONS CONFORMING CLOSELY TO THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID SLIDE GROOVE PORTIONS SLIDABLY INTERFITTED IN SAID SLIDE GROOVE PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE WALLS IN FRICTIONALLY RETAINED RELATION THEREIN, A COVER MEMBER FORMING A REMOVABLE CLOSURE SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS REMOTE FROM SAID BASE WALL, AND MEANS FOR REMOVABLY INTERLOCKING SAID COVER MEMBER WITH THE REMOTE EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 218 words
AN ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BOX FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING TERMINAL STRIP PANELS THEREIN COMPRISING AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY CHANNEL SHAPED BODY MEMBER HAVING A PLANIFORM BASE WALL AND SIDE WALLS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR FROM OPPOSITE LATERAL EDGES THEREOF, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING SLIDE GROOVE PORTIONS OPENING INWARDLY OF THE SIDE WALLS AND THROUGH THE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL ENDS OF SAID SIDE WALLS LYING IN TWO SPACED PLANES PARALLELING THE BASE WALL, THE SLIDE GROOVE PORTION IN ONE OF SAID PLANES EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY FROM END TO END LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SIDE WALLS FOR SLIDABLY RECEIVING OPPOSITE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE TERMINAL STRIP PANELS TO SUPPORT THE SAME BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS, REMOVABLE END MEMBERS FOR CLOSING THE LONGITUDINAL ENDS OF SAID BODY MEMBER EACH HAVING AN END WALL EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BASE WALL AND SAID SIDE WALLS AND A PAIR OF RIBLIKE PROJECTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID END WALL ALONG SAID PAIR OF PARALLEL PLANES HAVING EDGE PORTIONS CONFORMING CLOSELY TO THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID SLIDE GROOVE PORTIONS SLIDABLY INTERFITTED IN SAID SLIDE GROOVE PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE WALLS IN FRICTIONALLY RETAINED RELATION THEREIN, A COVER MEMBER FORMING A REMOVABLE CLOSURE SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS REMOTE FROM SAID BASE WALL, AND MEANS FOR REMOVABLY INTERLOCKING SAID COVER MEMBER WITH THE REMOTE EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-01-16 1970-07-18 1971-01-17 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-01-16 1978-07-18 1979-01-17 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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