| 摘要 |
<p>The instant invention overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect to mounting one or more 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, up and down and, when the wall in not flat, in and out until they can fit within cut outs in a wall plate. This invention overcomes these difficulties by providing a multi-purpose clip (130) coupled to an end (122) of the ground strap of a wiring device. The multi-purpose clip (130) has two openings (132-134), one to receive and engage a mounting screw (108) and the other to receive and engage an alignment pin (118) located on an alignment plate (114). The alignment pins (118), when engaged by the openings (134) in the multi-purpose clip (130), accurately positions the wiring devices relative to each other thus avoiding further adjustment. Thereafter, the alignment plate (114) and wiring devices are attached to a box by means of the mounting screws (108), and a wall plate (138) is positioned over the wiring devices without requiring further adjustment.</p> |
