Rotation-limiting knockout configuration
CA 2038659 C · Owner: Debartolo, Joseph V. Jr. · Inventors: Debartolo, Joseph V. Jr.
Overview
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A knockout structure includes two knockout members supported by bridge members in a D-shaped opening through a wall. The knockout members are supported in the opening recessed behind a front surface of the wall. Each connector type is formed with a flat surface at one side which engages the flat portion of the D-shaped opening in the recess region thereby, restraining which ever type of connector is used against rotational motion.
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- Filed March 20, 1991 and granted January 2, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 2011.
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