Quick couple electric outlet

Claim 2

An electrical wall unit assembly comprising: a housing having a generally symetrical periphery and mounting means disposed for mounting said housing in the wall of a building; a core unit having a periphery mated to the periphery of said housing for insertion and rotation therein, said core unit periphery having a plurality alternately disposed of lands and channels; a plurality of engaging fingers interconnected with said housing and disposed to engage said lands on said core unit when said core unit is inserted into said housing with said fingers aligned with said lands, and to disengage from said lands when said core unit is rotated with respect to said housing to align said fingers with said channels; and a face plate on said core unit disposed to form a flange extending radially outward from said core unit to close said housing when said core unit is inserted into said housing.

Claim 3

An electrical wall unit assembly as described in claim 1, in which: said core unit includes an electrical plug receptacle with plug prong openings in the face of said core unit and building wiring connectors in the back of said plug unit, said building wiring connectors being of a quick coupling type wherein the wire ends are inserted into a bore and engaged by a resilient lock finger to secure said wire ends in said bore and are released from said bore by inserting a screwdriver in a slot to release said lock finger; and ground means interconnected between a ground wire receptacle on the back of said core unit and said housing.

Claim 4

An electrical wall unit assembly as described in claim 1, in which: said core unit includes electrical switch means and has wire connection means on the back thereof.

Claim 5

An electrical wall unit assembly as described in claim 1, in which: said core unit includes electrical plug receptacle means and has wire connection means on the back thereof.

Claim 6

An electrical wall unit assembly as described in claim 1, in which: said core unit includes a plurality of axially aligned electrical plug receptacles.

Claim 7

An electrical wall unit assembly as described in claim 1, in which: said core unit includes a plurality of axially aligned electrical switches.

Claim 8

An electrical wall unit assembly as described in claim 1, in which: said core unit includes a telephone cord outlet.

Claim 9

An electrical wall unit assembly as described in claim 1, in which: said core unit includes wiring connectors in the rear portion thereof disposed to receive wire ends of building wiring, and quick coupling means operable to readily engage and release said wire ends.

Claim 10

An electrical outlet comprising: an outlet box; a core unit adapted to fit into said outlet box, said core unit having an electrical wall device therein; said outlet box and said core unit having correlated generally symetrical peripheries wherein said core unit may be inserted into said outlet box in a plurality of rotatably related positions and said core unit may be rotated with respect to said outlet box after insertion therein: mechanical connection means interconnecting said outlet box and said core unit, said mechanical connection means including a plurality of engaging fingers, a plurality of engageable lands disposed for engagement by said fingers, and release means operable to release said engagement between said fingers and said lands, said release means including a channel adjacent each of said lands disposed to release said engaging fingers from said lands upon rotation of said core unit with respect to said outlet box to permit withdrawal of said core unit from said outlet box; and electrical connection means disposed to interconnect electrical wiring with said electrical wall device in said core unit.

Claim 11

An electrical outlet comprising: an outlet box; a core unit adapted to fit into said outlet box, said core unit having an electrical wall device therein; said outlet box and said core unit having correlated generally symetrical peripheries wherein said core unit may be inserted into said outlet box in a plurality of rotatably related positions and said core unit may be rotated with respect to said outlet box after insertion therein: mechanical connection means interconnecting said outlet box and said core unit, said mechanical connection means including a plurality of engaging fingers, a plurality of engageable lands disposed for engagement by said fingers, and release means operable to release said engagement between said fingers and said lands, said release means including a channel adjacent each of said lands disposed to release said engaging fingers from said lands upon rotation of said core unit with respect to said outlet box to permit withdrawal of said core unit from said outlet box; and electrical connection means disposed to interconnect electrical wiring with said electrical wall device in said core unit.

Claim 12

An electrical outlet as described in claim 9, in which: said outlet box has a generally cylindrical periphery; said core unit has s generally cylindrical periphery adapted to fit into said outlet box; and said engaging fingers of said mechanical connection means are resiliently disposed with respect to said lands whereby said fingers pass over the surfaces of said lands upon insertion of said core unit into said outlet box but engage said surfaces of said lands when said lands are moved in a direction for withdrawal of core unit from said outlet box, and said release means of said mechanical connection means includes said plurality of channels adjacent said lands being alignable with said engaging fingers by rotation of said core unit in said outlet box to disengage said fingers from said surfaces of said lands, and when said fingers are so aligned with said channels said core unit is withdrawable from said outlet box.