Multifunction clips and ground/mounting strap for wiring device
CA 2568544 C · Owner: Zacharevitz, Steve · Inventors: Zacharevitz, Steve; Lindenstraus, Leslie; Oddsen, Dennis A.
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The instant invention overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect to mounting electrical wiring devices to a common box and then positioning the devices relative to , each other prior to attaching a wall plate. Some of the difficulties encountered are positioning , the wiring devices to be in alignment with each other locating the wiring , devices to be parallel to each other, adjusting the spacing between the different devices to be equal and uniform and , fixing all of the devices to be flat against the wall. In the prior art the , wiring devices are first , loosely attached to a box and then moved back and forth and up and down to , fit within cut outs in a wall plate which …
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- Filed May 20, 2005 and granted April 8, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 2025.
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