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Electrical outlet box

CA 1083703 A · Owner: Gte Sylvania Canada Limited-Gte Sylvania Canada Limitee · Inventors: Nattel, William

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An improved electrical outlet box of the type having a spacer member, providing a back wall and end walls and two, side walls. The box has cooperating members for rotatably wedging one end of each side wall against an end wall to securely fasten it to the spacer member. The box also has an arrangement for camming the end walls together with the side walls to provide a tight box. The box includes bulged side walls for providing additional working space within the box while at the same time improving its mounting. The box also includes a different improved arrangement for use in fastening it to a support.

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  • Granted August 12, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 12, 1997.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1979
GrantedAugust 12, 1980
Term endedAugust 12, 1997
Patent numberCA 1083703 A
Classification (IPC)H02G3/12

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Application filedSep 14, 1979Patent grantedAug 12, 1980Term endedAug 12, 1997

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