US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Pop-in old work electrical box" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,199, issued on July 21.

"Pop-in old work electrical box" was invented by William Hawkinson (Germantown, Tenn.), Keith Lang (White House, Tenn.) and Derrick Meyers (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical box having a housing having a closed end, and opposing first sidewalls, and opposing second sidewalls, the opposing first and second sidewalls extending from the closed end; and at least one wall engagement member provided on each of the opposing first sidewalls to engage an inner surface of a wall upon insertion of the housing into an opening along the wall."

The patent was filed on April 20, 2023, under Applica...