Moulding duct

Claim 1

A generally rectangular wiring raceway having a back panel with a back portion adapted to be secured to a wall and further having a top leg and a bottom leg extending substantially perpendicularly from said back portion and wherein said top leg terminates in a snap closure member and said bottom leg terminates in a first hinge member, said first hinge member being formed by extending the bottom leg in a predetermined distance from the back portion to a point at which the leg turns upwards toward said top leg in a direction substantially parallel to the back portion, then again perpendicularly outwardly from said back panel in a direction substantially parallel to said bottom leg, then in a curved fashion such that it folds back upon itself, thereby defining a channel open at the bottom for reception of a second hinge member; a front panel having a top snap portion for engagement with the snap closure member of said top leg of said back panel and a bottom portion defining a second hinge member for reception in the first hinge member of the bottom leg of the back panel, said second hinge member being formed by extending a leg from the bottom of the front panel in a direction substantially perpendicular to said front panel a predetermined distance, said leg then angling upwardly in a direction substantially parallel to the front panel, said leg having a terminal portion, said second hinge member further having a longitudinally extending bead at its terminal portion, and wherein said bead is adapted for receipt in the first hinge member and wherein the portions of both hinge members running substantially parallel respectively to the back of the back panel and the front panel abut each other when the front panel is opened so as to hold the front panel in a position so that cables contained within the raceway may rest on the front panel when said raceway is opened.