Biased Patents (Class 220/292)
  • Patent number: 4381879
    Abstract: A weatherproof housing and rotatable cover have radial lugs which are engaged when the cover is closed in a specific position and rotated clockwise. The cover is hingedly attached to the housing by a J-shaped arm and the cover has a skirt, one surface of which faces walls formed on the arm. The skirt has cam and stop surfaces defining a recess which engages a wall on the arm in the specific position, acting as a detent to inhibit rotational movement of the cover when it is open. Limited tilting movement of the cover is permitted by a sinuous spring in the mounting of the cover on the arm. A stop pin on the skirt prevents the cover from being rotated by 180.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignee: Harvey Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred L. Ehrenfels, Michael R. Marks