US 7,602,619 B2
Support frame and group of parts for wall mounting an electrical apparatus
Fabrizio Fabrizi, Bergamo (Italy); Renato De Ambroggi, Cocquio Trevisago (Italy); Enrico Pianezzola, Luvinate (Italy); and Ennio Calderara, Cuasso al Piano (Italy)
Assigned to BTICINO S.p.A., Milan (Italy)
Appl. No. 11/910,890
PCT Filed Apr. 03, 2006, PCT No. PCT/IT2006/000216
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 12, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/106552, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. RM2005A0162 (IT), filed on Apr. 07, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2008/0205029 A1, Aug. 28, 2008
Int. Cl. H05K 7/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 361—807  [361/801] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support frame for wall-mounting at least one electrical apparatus, the frame comprising:
a frame body fixable to the wall and developing about a window defining a mounting seat adapted for receiving and holding said at least one electrical apparatus; and
fixing means for removably fixing a cover plate to the support frame and including at least one fixing channel exhibiting an end jointed to an opening obtained in the frame body, the fixing channel operative for receiving, through such opening, a corresponding fixing tongue, provided in the cover plate, wherein a surface of the fixing tongue includes at least one portion of the surface shaped as a saw tooth, the fixing channel including therein relief means operative to face the surface of the tongue, and pushing means adapted for acting on such tongue for engaging pressure-wise the surface of the tongue against said relief means inside the fixing channel.