Container in which a watthour meter and a meter socket are enclosably mountable and for readably displaying the watthour meter

Claim 1

A container for totally enclosing a watthour meter of the type having a circular base, said container comprising: a. an open front box-shaped housing having a back panel from which a top, a bottom and a pair of side walls perpendicularly extend to form an internal cavity within said housing; b. a meter socket into which the watthour meter is plugable, said meter socket mounted on the inner surface of the back panel of said housing; c. an access panel demountably attached to said housing for closing the open front thereof, said access panel having a viewing port formed therein which is closed with a sheet of transparent material; and d. a pair of brackets each mounted on one end thereof to the inner surface of the back panel of said housing and extend perpendicularly therefrom, said brackets respectively mounted adjacent to opposite sides of said meter socket and extending into the internal cavity of said housing a distance which positions their extending ends substantially equidistant between the back panel of said housing and said access panel, the extending end of each of said brackets having a segmental flange formed thereon upon which the circular base of the watthour meter is demountably attachable for supporting the meter in conductive contact with said meter socket at a location interposed between said meter socket and said access panel when the meter is installed within said housing, each of said brackets are movable from their perpendicularly extended positions to a forwardly angularly outwardly disposed position to permit access to said meter socket for servicing thereof.