Wall box dimmer

Claim 1

A wall box dimmer comprising, a face plate having front and rear surfaces, upper and lower ends, and opposite side edges, said face plate having at least a pair of stand-offs extending rearwardly from the rear surface thereof, a substantially flat mounting strap positioned rearwardly of said rear surface of said face plate and having upper and lower ends positioned above the upper and lower ends of said face plate, respectively, said mounting strap having a pair of openings formed therein which receive said stand-offs, said stand-offs including resilient arms diverging outwardly and forwardly, and having forward free ends, which are deflected towards one another as the standoffs are inserted through the respective openings in the mounting strap, and which move outwardly when inserted past their forward ends through said mounting strap openings for maintaining said mounting strap closely adjacent the rear surface of said face plate, a circuit board means mounted on said stand-offs rearwardly of said mounting strap and in a fixed and spaced relationship with respect thereto, a rheostat means on said circuit board means includes a slide means, said mounting strap having a slot formed therein through which said rheostat slide means projects for slidable movement; a dimmer knob movably mounted on said face plate and having a slide arm extending rearwardly therefrom which is operatively connected to the rheostat slide means for selective movement of the same, and an on-off switch means mounted on said face plate.