US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on Oct. 6 for "Old work box with breakaway wings" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,168, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Old work box with breakaway wings" was invented by Mathew Thomas (Collierville, Tenn.), Blake Bartlett (Millington, Tenn.) and Keith Lang (White House, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An old work box for installation in a wall includes: a partition having a partition outer surface and a partition inner surface; a backing wall attached to the partition, the backing wall and the partition forming a work box cavity; at least one flange disposed on the partition; a first wing movably disposed on the partition; and a first runner connecting the first wing to ...