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Laundry outlet box

CA 1160578 A · Owner: Oatey Co. · Inventors: Mcguire, Robert H.; Kifer, David E.

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A laundry outlet box comprises a box-like one-piece molded plastic housing having top, bottom and side walls circumscribing an axis of the box and a back wall and open front face normal to such axis. The bottom wall of the housing slopes downwardly toward the center to a drain opening and is provided at its underside with a tailpipe adaptor including coextensive radially spaced pipe-like extensions concentric with the drain opening, which extensions are adapted for selective coupling to drain pipes of different sizes. The housing is adapted to be recess mounted in a wall between vertical wall supports by interchangeable L-shape mounting brackets arranged in pairs on each side of the box …

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  • Granted January 17, 1984. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 17, 2001.
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FiledApril 1, 1981
GrantedJanuary 17, 1984
Term endedJanuary 17, 2001
Patent numberCA 1160578 A
Classification (IPC)H02G9/06 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedApril 1, 1981Patent grantedJan 17, 1984Term endedJan 17, 2001

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