Abstract: A shellfish opener in the form of a hand-held vise and blade, wherein the shellfish is positioned between an upper blade and a lower anvil jaw, the blade responsive to ratchet operation as a result of the squeezing of two handles, the blade severing the muscle and splitting the shellfish in half along its seam, to allow access to the meat of the shellfish.

Abstract: An electrical panel box which includes a cavity defined by a back face, two opposing side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall and a front face extending beyond the periphery of the side walls and top and bottom walls for securing the electrical panel box in a wall, the front face being fitted with mounting brackets on either its top edge or its bottom edge or both, the mounting bracket having secured thereto an access plate which allows the electrician access to the region directly above the top wall of the housing or the below the bottom wall of the housing so as to permit snaking of additional electrical conduit, cable or wires without having concern for contacting the main electrical conduit into the house thus causing a short or a flash and possible injury to the electrician.