Cover plates for power distribution system

Claim 1

A cover plate for use with a wire raceway panel comprising: dielectric plate means having a front face and a back face; voice, data and/or fiber optic connectors mounted in said plate means with pluggable access on the front face for interconnecting voice and data equipment on the outside of the panel and means on the back face for connecting with appropriate wires and cables within the raceway; and latch means on the plate means for latching said plate means in an opening in said panel, said latch means including slot means spaced from and extending along one edge of said back face and opening out parallel to the plane of said plate means and a latch member projecting outwardly from an opposite edge of said back face perpendicularly to the plane of said plate means and having shoulder means facing said back face, said slot means adapted to slide onto one edge of said opening in said panel and said latch member adapted to extend into said opening with said shoulder means engaging an inner surface of said panel adjacent an opposite edge of said opening and with a perimeter of said back face abutting the outer surface of said panel around the periphery of said opening.